Gardaí deploy stinger device in high-speed chase of cocaine-fuelled driver
In the early hours of Sunday morning, July 27, Gardaí in Donegal attached to the Buncrana Roads Policing Unit were on patrol conducting a crime checkpoint when they stopped one driver in the Bridgend area to do a drugs test.
The motorist tested positive for cocaine at the checkpoint, but suddenly took off at speed, driving the car in a 'dangerous manner for a distance' as Gardaí pursued. Quick-thinking officers then deployed a stinger device to bring the car to a stop.
Gardaí confirmed that the car was seized and that court would follow for the driver, who will have to apply to the court to get their car back. Gardaí confirmed the car was seized (Image: Gardaí/Facebook)
They wrote on Facebook: "Buncrana Gardaí were assisted by Buncrana Roads Policing Unit in conducting a crime checkpoint in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, July 27) in the Bridgend area.
"A driver who tested positive for cocaine at the checkpoint then decided to drive off at speed.
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"The vehicle was driven in a dangerous manner for a distance. A stinger device was successfully deployed and it was located and seized a short time later.
"Court proceedings will now follow. The driver will also have to apply to the District Court Judge in order to get their vehicle back."
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