TWO drivers have been banned from the roads after admitting drink and drug driving.
Recep Bilen, 29, of Capel Road, Clydach, admitted three charges relating to driving offences at Llanelli Magistrates Court on December 30.
All the offences were committed on August 4 at Scotch Pines, Ammanford.
He admitted drug driving after being caught driving a Fiat Doblo van with 6.3 micrograms of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, a cannabis derivative, in his blood.
He also admitted driving the car without an insurance policy in place to cover the use of the vehicle and a charge of driving the car otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising him to drive a motor vehicle of that class.
He was banned from driving for 12 months and ordered to pay £230 fine, £184 surcharge and £85 costs.
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Mark Vinokurtsev, 26, of Pumpsaint, Llanwrda, admitted drink driving at Llanelli Magistrates Court on December 30.
He admitted that on December 22 he was caught driving a BMW x5 on Coopers Road with a breath alcohol level of 49 micrograms of alcohol per 100mililitres of breath.
He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £307 and ordered to pay £123 surcharge and £85 costs.
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