A DRUG driver caught near Sutton Scotney has been banned for 14 months.

Jamie McCrudden, 30, was stopped on Bullington Lane on December 28. He was tested for benzoylecgonine, a breakdown derivative of cocaine, and the level in his blood was 140ug/l when the legal limit is 50ug.

McCrudden, of Ampney Orchard, Bampton, near Oxford, pleaded guilty and was disqualified for 14 months by magistrates in Basingstoke, and fined £346 with a £35 victim surcharge and £85 costs.