A HAMPSHIRE man has been banned from the roads after he was caught drug driving on his birthday.
Samuel Connor Stafford was caught drug driving on Meadow Walk, Gosport, on January 6.
The 20-year-old was found to have Benzoylecgonine and cocaine in his blood.
Appearing at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to two accounts of drug driving.
Stafford, of Cambridge Road, Gosport, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £316.
He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £32 and court costs of £85.
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