A DRUG driver has been banned from getting behind the wheel after he was found to be more than 16 times the limit.

James Jenner, 42, had taken cocaine, then got into his car when he was caught by police in East Sussex. He tested positive for 800 microgrammes per litre of blood.

The legal limit officers search for is 50mcg per litre.

Jenner, of Forest Dene, Crowborough, was fined £461, and ordered to pay a £41 surcharge and £85 costs. He was banned from driving for one year.