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06 Sept 2025

CAUGHT: Gardaí arrest drug driver travelling on motorway in dangerously defective van

CAUGHT: Gardaí arrest drug driver travelling on motorway in dangerously defective van

A person caught drug driving down the motorway in a dangerously defective van has been arrested by Gardaí. 

That's according to the Naas Roads Policing Unit, who recently stopped the motorist's van on the M7. 

The van, which reportedly had two bald tyres and defective brakes and gears, was also discovered to be untaxed for 736 days. 

The driver also tested positive for cocaine and the van was seized. 

Court to follow. 

 

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