Driver from Tain caught smoking cannabis and fined at Inverness Sheriff Court
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A supermarket supervisor who stopped on a country road to make a phone call and smoke cannabis has been fined £320.
Aaron Macdonald (29) of Academy Street, Tain, appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court and admitted being in charge of a car while having more than two mcgs of a cannabis derivative in his system.
Fiscal depute David Morton told Sheriff Margaret Neilson police saw his car on the B9163 between Conon and Cromarty and did a welfare check. They could smell cannabis and questioned Macdonald.
“He told officers that he stopped to make a phone call and smoke a joint,” Mr Morton added.
A blood test revealed he was over the prescribed limit of cannabis derivative for driving, with a reading of 2.4 mcgs.
As well as the fine Macdonald also received 10 penalty points.
