A Tenby motorist has been handed a driving disqualification after admitting getting behind the wheel of his car with a quantity of cocaine in his system.

Twenty-year-old Owen George Rogers, of Narberth Road appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday to plead guilty to driving a Skoda Index with a quantity of the drug in his blood,

Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that police officers on routine patrol on June 6 pulled Mr. Rogers over in his car on Narberth Road.

“Officers spoke to the defendant and suspected that he may have a controlled drug in his system. The blood test came back and showed that he had a breakdown of cocaine in his blood,” he explained.

Defence solicitor Jonathan Webb told the court that it was midnight on a Monday when Mr. Rogers was stopped.

“He had been away in Manchester on the weekend and had taken some cocaine.

“As we know it stays in the system for quite some time afterwards, so he wasn’t under the influence at the time he was driving.

“Mr. Rogers has learnt his lesson. This has been hanging over his head for some time, and in the meantime he has changed his lifestyle, as he no longer mixing with the same friends.

“It was an act of stupidity whilst he was away for the weekend,” he added.

Magistrates disqualified Mr. Rogers from driving for 12 months and fined him £275 for the offence.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge.