Driver arrested after turning back from checkpoint

Failed a roadside test for cannabis
Driver arrested after turning back from checkpoint

Gardaí stopped the car on a backroad and found the NCT had expired 5 years. 

Members from Roscommon and Longford Roads Policing Units were conducting a Mandatory Intoxicant Test checkpoint in conjunction with the RSA, Revenue, Co. Council and social welfare recently when they saw this car turn back from checkpoint.

Gardaí stopped the car on a backroad and found the NCT had expired 5 years. 

After failing a roadside oral fluid test for Cannabis, the driver was arrested. A court date is due to follow.

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