A man has been banned from driving for 18 months after being found guilty of a drug-driving offence in Brecon.
Lee Wall, 34, of Howey, appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court on November 11.
He was found guilty of driving a Ford Focus on Ship Street, Brecon, on February 25 with 115 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood.
Benzoylecgonine is a substance produced when the body breaks down cocaine. The specified legal limit is 50 micrograms per litre of blood.
Wall was fined £400 and ordered to pay £650 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. He was also disqualified from driving for 18 months.
He had also pleaded guilty to using a vehicle without a valid MOT certificate in connection with the same incident. The guilty plea was taken into account, with no separate penalty imposed.
Wall also faces a separate allegation of possessing a controlled Class B drug at his home address on March 2.
That case was sent to Cardiff Crown Court for trial, with Wall granted unconditional bail. A plea and trial preparation hearing is scheduled for December 7.




