A MAN has been banned after being caught drug driving in Bradford.

Alexander Clough, 36, of Nibshaw Lane, Cleckheaton, faced one charge of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

He was caught driving an Audi on Broadstone Way, Bradford, when the proportion of cocaine in his blood exceeded the specified limit. The offence took place on November 21, 2021.

Clough was disqualified from obtaining, or holding a driving licence, for 12 months. A disqualification was obligatory for the offence. He was ordered to pay £620 costs, fined £162 and a £34 victim surcharge.

Clough pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced at Bradford & Keighley Magistrates’ Court on June 14, 2022.