Disqualified driver caught with cannabis in car and failed drug test for cocaine

Disqualified driver caught with cannabis in car and failed drug test for cocaine
Tax and insurance discs with fake details scribbled in.Pic: Garda Facebook Page for the Southern Region.

Cork City Gardaí snagged themselves a real rulebreaker on the Northside of the city on Saturday.

The Cork City Roads Policing Unit stopped a disqualified driver in Gurranabraher who had scribbled out details and put in their own on tax and insurance discs.

The driver also had cannabis in the car and failed a roadside drugs test for cocaine.

Tax and insurance discs with fake details scribbled in.Pic: Garda Facebook Page for the Southern Region.
Tax and insurance discs with fake details scribbled in.Pic: Garda Facebook Page for the Southern Region.

Gardaí posted the lengthy list of misdemeanours on their Southern Region Facebook page outlining the consequences in store for the driver who got a summons and would be appearing in court in relation to the many charges.

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