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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 21346Speeding and drug driving · Co. Kildare

Learner driver stopped at 119kph on Millennium Road tests positive for cocaine

Gardaí from the Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped a car found speeding at 119kph on the Millennium Road in County Kildare, on an unspecified recent date before 27 April 2023. The Garda Traffic account said the driver, an unaccompanied learner driver whose sex, age and nationality are not given, tested positive for cocaine. The driver was arrested and the car was seized. As of the 27 April 2023 report, the case was to go to court, and no court date was given.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrested27 Apr
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
Gardaí stopped a car found speeding at 119kph.
Where
The car was stopped on the Millennium Road in County Kildare.
When
The speed checks were carried out recently; no incident date is given, and the report was published on 27 April 2023.
Investigation
  • The Naas Roads Policing Unit carried out the speed checks.
  • The driver tested positive for cocaine, according to the Garda Traffic account.
  • The driver was arrested and the car was seized.
Cause
The driver was reported to be under the influence of cocaine.
Other details
The driver was an unaccompanied learner driver.
In court
The case is to go to court; no court date is given.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatGardaí stopped a car found speeding at 119kph. (kildarenow.com)
  • whereThe car was stopped on the Millennium Road. (kildarenow.com)
  • causeThe driver was under the influence of cocaine. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe driver tested positive for cocaine. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe Naas Roads Policing Unit carried out the speed checks. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationThe driver was arrested and the car was seized. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtThe case is to go to court. (kildarenow.com)
  • otherThe driver was an unaccompanied learner driver. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 27 Apr2023
    Arrestedkildarenow.com, first report
    Kildare gardaí stop driver speeding at 119km/h while under the influence of cocaine

    Garda Traffic account reported by Kildare Now on 27 April 2023. No incident date is given, only that the speed checks were carried out 'recently'.

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