Highland driver caught almost EIGHT times cocaine limit - TWICE
Published: 12:00, 01 June 2025
Police caught a man driving after having taken cocaine twice within three months last year, Inverness Sheriff Court was told.
Gary Simon, of Seaforth Place, Maryburgh, was first stopped in his home street on May 28 with 396mcg in his system.
Then on Hood Street, also in Maryburgh, he found himself in trouble again on August 16 when the reading was 392mcg. The safe driving limit is 50mcg.
The 35 year old pleaded guilty to both offences and was banned from driving for three years.
Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald also instructed Simon to complete a total of 200 hours unpaid community work, 110 of which was imposed as an alternative to a prison sentence.
