Drug driver from Stockbridge caught in Basingstoke

Man who was caught drug driving while banned handed community order <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
Man who was caught drug driving while banned handed community order (Image: Newsquest)
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A MAN who was caught drug driving while he was already banned from the roads has been handed a community order.

Lars Lubbock, 27, of Newton Stacey, Stockbridge, was caught drug driving in Standford Road, Basingstoke, on June 29.

Lubbock, who was already serving a driving ban at the time, was found to have 400 micrograms of Benzoylecgonine (a primary metabolite of cocaine) per litre of blood.

He was charged with driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit, driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third-party insurance.

Lubbock was disqualified from obtaining or holding a driver's licence for 36 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work within 12 months.

He must also pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a surcharge.

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