A WOMAN has been disqualified from driving after she was caught over the limit for drug driving.

Alexa Cronin, 41, of Laugharne Court, Barry was banned from driving for 17 months after she pleaded guilty to drug driving with a cannabis derivative in her blood.

The offence happened on the A4042 in Cwmbran on February 8, Newport Magistrates’ Court heard.

She was fined £200 and must pay £85 costs.