A TAUNTON youth has been banned from getting behind the wheel of a vehicle for a year for drug-driving.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Taunton Magistrates’ Court to possession of cannabis or cannabis resin and to driving a vehicle while the proportion of a controlled drug in his system was over the specified limit.

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The offences took place on March 24 this year.

As well as an obligatory driving disqualification, he was made the subject of a three-month referral order and told to pay £50 towards prosecution costs. 

The court ordered the 2.5 grams of cannabis to be forfeited and destroyed.