A drug driver has been banned from the roads for a year after he was caught with an illegal substance in his system on the M40.
Ricardo Wood, aged 40, had been driving along the motorway near High Wycombe when he was pulled over and failed a drugs test.
Police officers detected a quantity of THC - a component of cannabis - in his blood.
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At a hearing at Wycombe Magistrates' Court on June 20, Wood, of Fleetwood Road in London, pleaded guilty to a charge of drug driving.
The Vauxhall driver had initially denied the charge, but changed his mind and proceeded to plead guilty to the offence.
After considering the evidence, the magistrates banned Wood from driving for 12 months.
The offender was also fined £225 and ordered to pay £119 in court costs.
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