A BRADFORD man has been banned after being caught drug driving.

Akbar Hussain, 36, of Paley Terrace, faced one charge of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

He was caught driving on Bradford Road, Halifax, when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely Benzoylecgonine (BZE, cocaine breakdown product), in his blood, namely 248 ug/L, exceeded the specified limit. This offence took place on January 28, 2021.

He was disqualified from holding, or obtaining, a driving licence for 12 months, fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £34 victim surcharge for the offence. A collection order was made by the court.

Hussain pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced at Bradford & Keighley Magistrates’ Court on July 27, 2022.

 

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