A DRIVER has been disqualified for driving in Winchester with an illegal level of cannabis in his body.

Joseph Catlin, 19, was driving a 06-reg Ford Fiesta when stopped by police on Hillside Road on January 20, magistrates in Basingstoke heard.

Catlin, of Park Glen, Park Gate, Fareham, was at court to admit drug driving.

He was banned from the road for 12 months and fined £140 with a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs.