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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 14086Speeding and drug driving · Co. Kildare · 1 Apr 2025

Learner driver arrested in Rathbride after speeding and positive cocaine test

On 1 April 2025, Gardaí from the Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped an unaccompanied learner driver travelling at 91km/h in a 60km/h zone on the R415 Rathbride road in County Kildare. The driver tested positive for cocaine, was arrested for drug driving, and the vehicle was impounded. Fixed-charge penalty notices were issued for speeding and learner driver offences. The latest development is that a court appearance will follow for drug driving.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested1 Apr
    2 reports
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
An unaccompanied learner driver was caught travelling at 91km/h in a 60km/h zone.
Where
The speed check was on the R415 Rathbride road in County Kildare.
When
The speed check took place on 1 April 2025, and the reports were published on 1 and 2 April 2025.
Cause
The offences alleged are speeding and driving as an unaccompanied learner.
Investigation
  • The driver was tested for drugs and tested positive for cocaine.
  • The driver was arrested for drug driving.
Charges
Fixed-charge penalty notices were issued for speeding and learner driver offences.
In court
A court appearance will follow for drug driving.
Other details
The driver's vehicle was impounded.
14 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatAn unaccompanied learner driver was caught travelling at 91km/h in a 60km/h zone. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe speed check was on the R415 Rathbride road in Kildare. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe speed checks took place in Rathbride, County Kildare. (kildarenow.com)
  • whenThe speeding was caught this week, according to the article. (kildarenow.com)
  • causeThe car was found speeding at 91km/h in a 60km/h zone. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe driver was tested for drugs and returned positive for cocaine. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe driver was arrested for drug driving. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe driver tested positive for cocaine. (kildarenow.com)
  • chargeFixed-charge penalty notices were issued for speeding and learner driver offences. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtA court appearance will follow for drug driving. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtA court appearance was to follow. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe driver's vehicle was impounded. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe driver was an unaccompanied learner. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe driver was arrested. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 2 Apr2025
    Arrestedkildarenow.com, first report
    Gardaí arrest Kildare learner driver under the influence but there's more...

    Original report of the Rathbride stop, published 2 April 2025. It gives the speed, the learner status, the positive cocaine test and the arrest.

    suspect
  2. 1 Apr2025
    Arrestedkildarenow.com, follow-up
    Learner driver in Kildare caught speeding, tests positive for cocaine

    Adds that the driver was arrested for drug driving and the vehicle impounded, that fixed-charge penalty notices were issued for speeding and learner driver offences, and that a court appearance will follow for drug driving.

    suspect