A DRUG driver fuelled by cocaine has been jailed.
Paul Surplice was caught drug driving a Volkswagen Golf on St Mary Street on November 22 last year.
The 51-year-old was found to have Benzoylecgonine - a breakdown product of cocaine - in his system.
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Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, he admitted one charge of drug driving.
Surplice, of Rownhams Road, North Baddesley, was jailed for 28 days and was disqualified from driving for three years
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