Inverness drug-driver was four times the legal limit for cocaine
Police attention was drawn to a car being driven in an erratic manner along an Inverness street and decided to stop it by pulling in in front of it.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that when officers saw 51-year-old Ronald Wheelhouse, of the city’s Bridgeview Drive, in the driver's seat, they suspected he was intoxicated and tested him for drugs.
It proved positive and subsequent analysis of his blood showed he had 200mcgs of cocaine in his system when the legal driving limit is 50mcgs.
Wheelhouse admitted the drug-driving offence which was committed on July 4, 2023 and was fined £320.
Defence solicitor Rory Gowans said his client no longer used class A drugs.
Due to a previous conviction, he was also disqualified from driving for three years by Sheriff Sara Matheson.
