Driver with no insurance in Portsmouth fails roadside cannabis test – and is caught with fake police baton

A DRIVER was stopped for having no insurance had no licence – and had a fake police baton.
By Ben Fishwick
Published 9th May 2019, 16:29 BST
Hampshire police arrested a woman after she was caught with a fake police baton - and had failed a drug test at the roadside. Picture: @HantsPolRoadsHampshire police arrested a woman after she was caught with a fake police baton - and had failed a drug test at the roadside. Picture: @HantsPolRoads
Hampshire police arrested a woman after she was caught with a fake police baton - and had failed a drug test at the roadside. Picture: @HantsPolRoads

The 24-year-old Portsmouth woman, police said on Twitter, also failed a roadside test for cannabis.

It happened at 6.40pm at the Park and Ride in Tipner when police stopped a Volkswagen Golf on Wednesday.

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On Twitter officers said: ‘Female stop checked as she had no insurance, she also didn't have a licence and failed the drug wipe for cannabis and we found a fake police baton in the car.’

A police spokesman said: ‘A 24-year-old woman from Portsmouth was arrested on suspicion of driving with a proportion of a specified drug above the specified limit. She has been released from custody but remains under investigation.’

Call 101 quoting 44190158447.