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More unfit drivers stopped before they can cause a tragedy for themselves or others yesterday (9 April) as part of Operation Spotlight.
A 34-year-old man from Lancashire was stopped in Warwick Road in Carlisle yesterday morning and arrested on suspicion of:
• Driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit
• Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road without due care and attention.
• Possess a controlled drug of Class B – Cannabis
He was subsequently released under investigation.
We also received a report that a man had been seen using cocaine before getting behind the wheel.
Officers responded and stopped a car in the Woodend Drive area of Carlisle.
The driver, a 55-year-old man from Carlisle, failed a roadside drugs wipe for cocaine and was arrested at around 12.20pm on suspicion of drug driving.
He was subsequently released under investigation to allow time for blood test results.
Operation Spotlight – our dedicated road safety op aimed at the Fatal Four – continues throughout April.
Find out more about the Fatal Four and Op Spotlight here: Operation Spotlight: Road safety op targets the Fatal Four - Cumbria Constabulary