A 31-YEAR-old man caught drug-driving in Cardigan has been banned from the roads for 12 months and fined.

Richard Karl Bower, of Cysgod-y-Cwm, Briscwm, Cardigan, was stopped while driving a Vauxhall Corsa at Ridegeway, Cardigan, on December 20 last year and gave a positive test for cannabis.

Bower pleaded guilty to drug-driving when he appeared before magistrates at Aberystwyth Justice Centre.

He was fined £140 and banned from driving for a year. Bower was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.