A SOUTHAMPTON drug drive caught with cocaine in his system has been banned from the roads.

Ashley Terence Oliver Osman was caught drug driving in a Lexus IS220 on Redbridge Road, Southampton, on March 9, 2019.

The 29 year old was found to have cocaine and benzoylecgonine - a breakdown product of cocaine - in his blood.

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to two accounts of drug driving.

Osman, of Margam Avenue, Southampton, was disqualified from driving for 16 months and fined £100.

He was also ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge.