A WOMAN was more than seven times the legal limit for drug driving when tested by police near Winchester.

Samantha Bradshaw, 33, of Badgers Bolt, Colden Common, was stopped by the police on Winchester Hill, Sutton Scotney, on December 21 last year, magistrates in Basingstoke were told.

She was found to have an illegal level of benzoylecgonine, a breakdown compound of cocaine. He reading was 384ug/l when the legal limit is 50. She pleaded guilty.

Magistrates banned her from the road for a year and fined her £276 as well as a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs.