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Case No. 5263Drug driving · Co. Donegal · 10 Aug 2024

Driver arrested in Donegal after allegedly testing positive for drugs at 126 km/h

In the early hours of Saturday 10 August 2024, Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit gardaí stopped a vehicle outside Letterkenny, Co Donegal, allegedly driven at 126 km/h. The driver, a person whose age, sex and nationality are not given, was arrested and allegedly tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamines, and was taken to Letterkenny Garda Station, where a blood sample was taken. The driver has already been fined for the speeding offence. The latest development is that the blood sample will be sent for further analysis.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested10 Aug
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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What happened
Gardaí arrested a driver allegedly driving at 126 km/h while allegedly on a cocktail of illegal drugs.
Where
The driver was arrested outside Letterkenny, County Donegal.
When
The vehicle was stopped in the early hours of Saturday 10 August 2024.
Cause
The driver allegedly tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamines (one source says amphetamine).
Investigation
  • Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit gardaí, also called the Letterkenny Roads Unit, stopped the vehicle.
  • The driver was taken to Letterkenny Garda Station, where a blood sample was taken.
  • The blood sample will be sent for further analysis.
Sentence
The driver has already been fined for the speeding offence.
Other details
  • The driver was allegedly driving at 126 km/h.
  • The driver's age, sex and nationality are not given in the sources.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe driver was arrested outside Letterkenny. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe vehicle was stopped in the early hours of Saturday morning. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationLetterkenny Roads Unit gardaí stopped the vehicle. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe driver allegedly tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and methamphetamines. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe driver was taken to Letterkenny Garda Station and a blood sample was taken. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe blood sample will be sent for further analysis. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe driver has already been fined for the speeding offence. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe driver was allegedly driving at 126 km/h. (irishmirror.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 10 Aug2024
    Arrestedirishmirror.ie, first report
    Gardai arrest motorist on "cocktail of drugs" driving at 126 km/h

    First report of this incident. The article also cites bank holiday weekend arrest totals for Donegal, but these are background only and not part of this case.

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