A VAN driver who was stopped by police in Basingstoke for not wearing a seatbelt was found to be drug driving with his seven-year-old son in the vehicle.
On Friday (June 3), officers stopped a vehicle on the A33 at Basingstoke because the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
However, they then proceeded to carry out a positve drugs wipe for cocaine and cannabis, as well as finding hun to be in possession of a knife and drugs.
The driver also had his seven-year-old son in the vehicle at the time.
Posting an incident report to Twitter, Hampshire Roads Policing Unit described the behaviour as "disgraceful".
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