Car seized and one arrested at Laois checkpoints

Gardai in Laois arrested a suspected drug driver and seized a car for no insurance. 

The arrest was made at one of a number of checkpoints throughout the county. 

“Last night Laois Roads Policing Unit were out conducting Mandatory Intoxicant Checkpoints throughout the county. In Borris in Ossory a driver was arrested after they failed a roadside Drug Test for Cannabis,” Gardai said.  

“At another MIT checkpoint in Portlaoise a car was seized for no tax, insurance or NCT and the vehicle was also found to have excessively worn tyres,” Garda stated.