Man convicted of drug driving in van gets hefty ban
A DRUG driver has been banned from the road for three years.
Andrew Bell was admitted drug driving after getting behind the wheel with a cocaine breakdown product in his system.
South Cumbria Magistrates' Court heard the motorist was driving a Ford Transit on Bath Street in Barrow on September 13.
He was later found to have had Benzoylecgonine in his blood.
Bell, of Little Urswick, was fined £337 for the offence.
The 37-year-old was also handed the hefty ban and told to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £300 in costs.
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