Two Lake District Drivers Convicted and Banned After Police Drug Tests

Overview

• Police stopped or attended two separate incidents that led to arrests: one after a single-vehicle crash on the A593 and one after a Volkswagen slowed behind a marked patrol on the A591.
• Both drivers returned positive roadside drug tests and laboratory blood results showing THC above the legal limit, with the lowest readings reported as 3.7 µg/L and 6.7 µg/L.
• Alexander William Salehi was given a high-level community order requiring 200 hours of unpaid work, banned from driving for 29 months, and ordered to pay court costs and a victim surcharge.
• Leon Jones was fined £369, disqualified from driving for the mandatory minimum 12 months, and ordered to pay court costs and a victim surcharge.
• Defence mitigation in both cases, presented by the same duty solicitor, cited prescription cannabis, alcohol use, family and employment impacts, and established rules that a positive roadside DrugWipe leads to evidential blood analysis and at least a 12-month ban if convicted.