A motorist pulled over by police because of the standard of his driving was found to be over the limit for both alcohol and drugs.

Callum Roberts from Meopham was stopped in Maidstone at the wheel of his Astra.

The 32-year-old was asked to do a breath test and failed it. He was arrested and searched and officers found a small tub of weed on him.

He was searched again at a police station and another small bag of cannabis was found on him.

A blood test for drugs revealed he was over the limit for benzoylecgonine, a cocaine by-product.

Roberts, of Huntingfield Road, Meopham, was charged with drink-driving, drug-driving and possession of cannabis.

He admitted all three offences when he appeared before magistrates in Maidstone on September 5.

The court heard he was pulled over on February 21, in Barker Road, Maidstone, and gave a reading of 53 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

He gave a drug reading of 274 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The legal limit is 50.

Debbie Jones, prosecuting, said: “It was about 11.20pm and officers pulled him over because of the poor standard of driving.

“He admitted he’d been drinking and then officers found a tub of cannabis and after a strip search at the station, another bag of cannabis was found.

“He has relevant convictions for possession of cannabis and drug-driving in 2016.”

Sara Haroon, defending, told the court her client had been out drinking and taking drugs because of a break up and was now living with his parents.

Magistrates banned Roberts from driving for four years as it was the second time within a 10-year period he’d been banned from the road for drug-driving.

He was also placed on a 12-month community order which will see him complete 100 hours of unpaid work and magistrates ordered the drugs be destroyed.