Ireland Case No. 20974Drug driving · Co. Roscommon
Driver found asleep on Roscommon national road arrested after positive drug test
Gardaí from the Roscommon Roads Policing Unit found a driver asleep in the front of a car parked on the hard shoulder of a national road in Roscommon, as reported on 23 May 2023, though the incident date is not given. After a routine roadside drug test, the driver was arrested for testing positive for cocaine and methamphetamine. The driver's name, age, sex and nationality are not given in the sources. The driver is due to appear in court in due course, which is the latest development reported.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrested23 May
- Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Gardaí found a driver asleep in the front of their car.
- Where
- The car was parked on the hard shoulder of a national road in Roscommon.
- When
- The incident date is not given, and the report was published on 23 May 2023.
- Investigation
- Gardaí from the Roscommon Roads Policing Unit spotted the car while on patrol and approached the driver.
- Gardaí conducted a routine roadside drug test on the driver.
- Charges
- The driver was arrested after testing positive for cocaine and methamphetamine.
- Other details
- The sources do not give the driver's name, age, sex or nationality.
- In court
- The driver is due to appear in court in due course.
5 statements extracted from the articles
- whatGardaí found the driver asleep in the front of a car parked on the hard shoulder. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe driver was parked on the hard shoulder of a national road in Roscommon. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí conducted a routine drug test on the driver. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe driver was arrested after testing positive for cocaine and methamphetamine. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe driver is due to appear in court in relation to the arrest. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 23 May2023Driver sleeping on roadside tests positive for for two different drugs
Reports the arrest after a positive roadside drug test for cocaine and methamphetamine, and that the driver will appear in court in due course. The article gives no date for the incident and no name, age, sex or nationality for the driver.
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