Motorist arrested on suspicion of drug driving after police stop car at Scaling Dam, near Whitby

A motorist has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a Vauxhall car was stopped on the A171 at Scaling Dam.
Police arrested the driver of a Vauxhall car on suspicion of drug drivingPolice arrested the driver of a Vauxhall car on suspicion of drug driving
Police arrested the driver of a Vauxhall car on suspicion of drug driving

The driver had tested positive for cannabis after a roadside drugs test carried out by North Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Group.

Officers from the same group also stopped three men and seized their car on the Whitby to Pickering road over the weekend.

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They stopped a Jeep on the A169 at Saltergate in connection with an incident in Ryedale.

An investigation is under way.

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