A MAN stopped by police passed a random breath test, but failed a drug test and also had a defect notice put on his car.
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Agesilaos Cocorelis, 55, of College Road, South Bathurst, appeared before Bathurst Local Court to answer a charge of driving a vehicle with an illicit drug present in his blood (second-plus offence).
Police facts tendered to the court told how Cocorelis drove on Havannah Street at 2.20pm on July 11, 2018 while methamphetamine and delta-9-tetrahydrocannanbinol were in his blood.
The court heard he was stopped by police for a mobile random breath test, produced his driver’s licence when asked and submitted to a breath test, which produced a negative result.
Police inspected his car, which revealed the two front tyres were defective because both were bald, had smooth surfaces and there was less than 1.5 millimetres tread on them.
Cocorelis was issued with a defect notice to carry out the repairs necessary to have the vehicle comply with vehicle standards, which also stated that the vehicle should not be used after 2.30pm the following day unless the faults were rectified.
Cocorelis was given an oral fluid test, which was positive for methamphetamine. He was arrested for the purpose of a secondary oral fluid test, which also returned a positive result to methamphetamine.
The sample was sent for analysis and came back positive to methamphetamine and cannabis.
Cocorelis was convicted, fined $750 and disqualified from driving for eight months.