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Cocaine-Positive HGV Driver Hauling Livestock Arrested In Kildare

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In another incident, a driver attempted to evade a checkpoint but was stopped shortly after. The vehicle had no tax or insurance, bald tyres, and contained green diesel.

A professional HGV driver transporting livestock was arrested after testing positive for cocaine at a roadside drug test.

He was driving a fully loaded articulated trailer.

The arrest came during multi-agency checkpoints across North and South Kildare, involving Gardaí, the RSA, Revenue Customs, the Department of Social Protection, and the Health and Safety Authority.

In another incident, a driver attempted to evade a checkpoint but was stopped shortly after. The vehicle had no tax or insurance, bald tyres, and contained green diesel. 

It was seized, with multiple charges to follow.

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