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Parent arrested after failing roadside drugs test with child in car on A350

byDaniel Jae Webb
5 May 2020 • 5.49pm
Parent arrested after failing roadside drugs test with child in car on A350
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A driver’s been arrested after failing a roadside drugs test while travelling with their child in the car.

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Armed police pulled over a green Ford Focus at the BP petrol station off the A350 in Melksham this afternoon, to find the driver had a revoked driving license and no insurance.

Further to that, the parent failed the roadside drugs test for cannabis.

The vehicle was seized following the traffic stop.


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