Driver tests positive for cocaine after Laois Gardai stop stolen car

A driver tested positive for cocaine after being stopped in a stolen car in Laois today. 

The car was stopped by Gardai at a checkpoint and found to have been reported stolen. 

Gardai said: “Laois Roads Policing Unit and the Road Safety Authority were conducting an enforcement checkpoint today. Gardai stopped a vehicle which turned out to be stolen.

The driver failed the roadside drug test and was arrested. A blood specimen was taken at the station and court proceedings will follow.”