Swaffham driver, 24, was TEN times over drug drive limit

Callum King, 24, was high on both cocaine and cannabis when he was stopped by police in Swaffham on January 15. 

Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told his Citroen Berlingo had been pulled over when officers became suspicious as it was being driven on Castle Acre Road.

Nicola Lamb, prosecuting, said checks had shown the vehicle had no insurance.

He had subsequently been asked to take - and failed - a roadside drugs wipe over the belief he was unfit to drive. 

King failed a roadside drugs wipe for both cocaine and cannabis (Image: PA)

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Other tests revealed he had a reading of 102 for cocaine. The legal limit is 10 micrograms per litre of blood.

He also recorded 4.6 micrograms per litre for cannabis which has a legal limit of two.    

King, of Coronation Grove in Swaffham, pleaded guilty to driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

He also admitted to driving with no insurance, his vehicle having two defective tyres and two charges of possession of cannabis on January 15 and May 12.

King was banned from driving for 16 months at Norwich Magistrates' Court (Image: Newsquest)

Kieran Dunphy, mitigating, said the offences had been at a time when he was “living on his uppers and sofa surfing”. 

“He is still a young man who can make something of himself,” he added. 

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Magistrates banned him from driving for 16 months.

They also made him subject of an 18 month community order with requirements to complete 15 rehabilitation days and 150 hours of unpaid work. 

His driving licence was also endorsed for no insurance and illegal tyres.

Department for Transport data shows drivers or riders impaired by illicit or medicinal drugs contributed to 82 crashes in Norfolk last year.