A MOTORIST who drove with cocaine in his system on the M6 near Kendal has been given a hefty fine.

James Thomson Bunten admitted that he drove his Range Rover at Junction 37 on January 3 having taken the drug. He also pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.

At South Cumbria Magistrates Court the 25-year-old, of Abbot Street in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland was fined a total of £700 and banned from driving for 14 months.