A DRIVER in Reading was arrested yesterday (December 16) after failing a drug test while on the road.

Thames Valley Police (TVP) Roads Policing stopped the vehicle, and after carrying out checks found he had also been driving without insurance.

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Reading Chronicle:

DrugsWipe test. Pic: TVP

TVP Roads Policing announced on Twitter that the man had been taken into custody.

The tweet reads: "Driver stopped in #Reading this morning.

"Checks confirmed he was driving without insurance and then failed a drug wipe.

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"Arrested and taken to custody."