Agesilaos Cocorelis, 54, of College Road, South Bathurst appeared before magistrate Michael Allen on March 6 charged with two separate counts of driving with an illicit drug in his blood.

The first offence occurred on August 24.

Cocorelis was fined $450 and disqualified from driving for six months after being caught driving with methamphetamine and delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol in his system.

On this occasion Cocorelis was stopped for a random breath and drug test, his to alcohol was negative but the oral fluid test produced a positive detection to methamphetamines.

He was arrested taken to Bathurst police station where he said: “I had a couple of cones last night but I don’t know how that other stuff got there.”

The second offence occurred on September 10 when Cocorelis was caught driving a motor vehicle in William Street with methamphetamine and delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol in his system.

Police stopped his car in William Street for a random drug and alcohol test. The breath test was negative but the oral fluid test produced a positive reaction to methamphetamine.

He was arrested and taken to Bathurst police station for the purpose of a secondary oral fluid test, and told officers: “I smoke cannabis and I’m on the methadone program.”

Cocorelis was convicted and fined $550 and disqualified from driving for six months.