POLICE have named and shamed drink and drug drivers following a Christmas crackdown.

Between December 1 2018 and January 1 2019 they arrested 240 drivers in Sussex and 108 of these have been convicted in court.

Colin Cleaver, 53, a shop manager of St Leonards Road, Bexhill, was arrested in Parkhurst Road, Bexhill, on December 7 and charged with driving with 2.8mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in his system.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on April 17 he was disqualified from driving for 36 months.

He was also ordered to pay a £150 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Craig Newell, 23, a doorman, of Cumberland Road, Bexhill, was arrested in Winchelsea Road, Eastbourne, on December 8 and was charged with driving with 64mcg of cocaine and 504mcg of benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite of cocaine, in his system.

This is more than ten times the legal limit of the latter with the limits being 10mcg of cocaine and 50mcg of benzoylecgonine.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on May 1, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £120 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Troy Mengham, 20, unemployed, of Park Road, Bexhill, was arrested in Park Road, Bexhill, on December 5 and charged with driving with 7mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in his system.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on April 17 he was banned from driving for 36 months and sentenced to a 12-month community order, requiring him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

Stephen Giles, 27, a roofer, of Cackle Street, Brede, was arrested in Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards, on December 8 and charged with driving with 7mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in his system and driving with no insurance.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on April 24 he was banned for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £400 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Iain Freeman, 39, a sales representative, of Silverdale Road, Eastbourne, was arrested in Royal Parade, Eastbourne, on December 11 and charged with driving with 7mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in his system.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on 24 April, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £350 fine, £85 costs and a £35 victim surcharge.

Kim Buckle, 27, a scaffolder, of Foundry Road, Yapton, was arrested in Yapton Lane, Arundel, on December 14 and charged with driving with 59mcg of cocaine and 618mcg of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood in his system.

At Worthing Magistrates’ Court on May 3, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months and was also ordered to pay a £100 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Maxwell Afriyie, 28, a car salesman, of Denmark Hill, London, was arrested in Mill Lane, Worthing, on December 21 and charged with driving with 2.3mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in his system.

At Worthing Magistrates’ Court on April 23, he was disqualified from driving for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £120 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.

Rosie Pears, 28, a student, of Granville Road Eastbourne, was arrested in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, on December 26 and charged with driving with 8mcg of cannabis per litre of blood in her system.

At Hastings Magistrates’ Court on April 17 she was banned for 36 months. She was also ordered to pay a £80 fine, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.