THE driver of a car who told police he had smoked drugs four days ago has been convicted, fined $400 and disqualified from driving after the matter against him was dealt with in Bathurst Local Court.
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The charge against Jamie William Burrows-Nash, 27, of Rugby Street, Cambridge Park, was dealt with by magistrate Cate Follent.
Burrows-Nash was charged with driving a vehicle with an illicit drug present in his blood.
Police facts tendered to the court told how Burrows-Nash drove on the Mid Western Highway with cocaine and cannabis in his system at 10.25am on November 10 last year.
The police facts said Burrows-Nash was stopped by police on the highway for a random breath and drug test.
Burrows-Nash produced a P1 licence to police at the scene, who noted the accused was not displaying P-plates on the front or rear of the vehicle, which was a requirement of his licence conditions.
The accused's breath test was negative, according to the police facts, but Burrows-Nash was then given an oral fluid test which produced a positive result to cannabis.
He was arrested for the purpose of a secondary oral fluid test and taken to Bathurst Police Station.
There, he provided a sample of oral fluid for analysis, returning a positive result to cannabis and cocaine, according to the police facts.
The remainder of the sample was placed in a sealed vial in the presence of the accused and sent to the Division of Analytical Laboratories in Lidcombe in western Sydney for analysis.
In relation to the taking of drugs, the police facts said Burrows-Nash told police at the station that he had smoked some four days ago.
Burrows-Nash was issued with a traffic penalty notice for not complying with a P1 licence condition to display P-plates on his vehicle.
For returning a positive result to cannabis and cocaine, the accused received a court attendance notice.
Burrows-Nash was convicted, fined $400 and disqualified from driving for a period of three months.