A SUSPECTED drugs rider was stopped by police during the lockdown.

Sussex Roads Police said the motorbike rider failed to stop when required.

Pictures from the roadside show the rider being spoken to by the officers.

Meanwhile online PC Pete May said the rider was held on suspicion of possessing drugs with the intent to supply, failing to stop, riding without due care and attention, and failing a roadside drugs test.

It is understood the rider was in possession of cannabis.

PC May said the rider was in custody and would be spoken to this morning.

Roads policing units are asking motorists whether the journeys they make are for essential travel as part of new powers granted to them by the Government during the coronavirus crisis.