A Hayle man was arrested for drink driving and possession of cocaine while waiting at a McDonald's drive-thru.
Oliver Beumkes, of Churchtown, Gwinear, appeared at Truro Magistrates' Court on Monday (July 9), where he pleaded guilty to possession of a Class A drug and driving while over the alcohol limit.
Police were called to the McDonald's on Trevenson Road, Pool, in the early hours of Friday, June 22, following reports about Beumkes’ driving.
On arrival officers saw a red Peugeot 107 parked in the queue for the drive-thru and blocked the vehicle in so the driver could not flee.
Beumkes, 24, was driving the vehicle and subsequently failed a breath test, blowing twice the legal drink drive limit (75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath).
Following a search officers also found 0.35 grams of cocaine in his pocket.
Beumkes was arrested and taken into custody, later telling officers he had forgotten that he had the cocaine in his possession.
He told the court: “It was a genuine mistake and I’m terribly sorry.”
Beumkes was fined £300 for each of the two offences, and must also pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.
The magistrates’ bench also disqualified him from driving for 20 months.
He was offered a drink driver’s rehabilitation course, which if completed will reduce the length of the ban by five months.