Alex Young, of Victoria Drive in Kings Hill, becomes first person in Kent charged with drug- driving following alleged Queen's Avenue offence
14:20, 01 June 2015
A 23-year-old man has become the first person to be charged under new drug- driving legislation.
Alex Young, of Victoria Drive in Kings Hill, was stopped and arrested in Queen's Avenue, Maidstone, on Monday, March 9.
He has now been charged with driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of cannabis that is above the specified limit.
Young will appear at Maidstone Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 12.
