Thursday 29 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

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Case No. 9220Drug driving and expired NCT · Co. Longford

Driver arrested in Longford after allegedly avoiding intoxicant checkpoint

A driver was stopped on a backroad in Longford after Gardaí allegedly saw the car turn back from a mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoint. The driver failed a roadside oral fluid test for cannabis, was arrested on the spot, and the car was seized. The driver is alleged to have committed drug driving and driving a car whose NCT had expired five years earlier. Reported by the Longford Leader on 4 June 2026, the driver is to appear before the court in the near future, and no court date has been given.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested4 Jun
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
The driver allegedly tried to evade a mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoint.
Where
The driver was stopped on a backroad in Longford.
Investigation
  • Gardaí saw the car turn back from the checkpoint, according to the Longford Gardaí Facebook post.
  • The driver failed a roadside oral fluid test for cannabis.
  • The driver was arrested on the spot and the car was seized.
Charges
The driver is alleged to have committed two offences: drug driving and driving with an expired NCT.
Other details
  • The car's NCT had expired five years earlier.
  • The driver's age, sex and nationality are not given.
In court
The driver is to appear before the court in the near future, and no court date is given.
When
  • The Longford Leader reported the case on 4 June 2026.
  • The date of the incident is not given.
7 statements extracted from the articles
  • whereThe driver was stopped on a backroad in Longford. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationGardaí saw the car turn back from the checkpoint. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationThe driver failed a roadside oral fluid test for cannabis. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationThe driver was arrested on the spot and the car was seized. (longfordleader.ie)
  • courtThe driver is to appear before the court in the near future. (longfordleader.ie)
  • otherThe driver allegedly tried to evade a mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoint. (longfordleader.ie)
  • otherThe car's NCT had expired five years earlier. (longfordleader.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 4 Jun2026
    Arrestedlongfordleader.ie, first report
    A turn for the worse: Longford Gardaí catch checkpoint dodger for two offences

    Gives the Longford Gardaí Facebook post's account of the stop, the positive cannabis oral fluid test and the expired NCT. States that a court date is to follow. Does not give the date of the incident.

    suspect