A HARLOW man has been disqualified for drug driving

Paul Gafney, aged 35, of Purford Green, Harlow, pled guilty to the following.

On December 6th, 2025, at Southern Way, drove an Audi 4, when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely Benzoylecgonine (BZE, cocaine breakdown product) , in your blood namely not less than 93 micrograms of drug per litre of blood , exceeded the specified limit.

Gafney was disqualified for sixteen months and fined £180.00

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