Edinburgh crime: Driver arrested after testing positive for cannabis whilst driving through city centre 

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An Edinburgh driver has been arrested for failing a drugwipe test after they were stopped by police in the city centre. 

Officers stopped a vehicle on Hope Street Lane where the driver tested positive for cannabis. Police advised the driver may be reported to the Procurator Fiscal depending on the results of a secondary drug test. 

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Writing on social media, Road Policing Scotland said: “The National Motorcycle Unit stopped a vehicle on Hope Street Lane, Edinburgh. The driver provided a positive drugwipe for cannabis and was arrested.

“A blood specimen will be obtained for analysis and they will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal if over the specified limit.”

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