240 drug-drivers weeded out

NONE for the road . . . Sgt John Brennan with roadside drug drive testing kit

GREATER Manchester Police caught 240 drug-drivers in nine months following the introduction of new legislation.

Laws that set limits for 17 legal and illegal drugs and made it easier for officers to detect drug-drivers were introduced in March 2015. Between then and December, police arrested 365 drug-drivers in Greater Manchester, 240 of whom tested positive.