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A P-plater has appeared in court for the second time in less than 12 months for after he was busted drug driving in Gatton.
Benjamin Craig Cook, 43, appeared in the Gatton Magistrates Court on February 1, for one charge of driving with a drug in his system on a provisional licence.
Police prosecutor sergeant Al Windsor told the court that Cook was pulled over on East St in Gatton on September 4 at 4.45pm.
He participated in a roadside drug test, and was taken to the Gatton police station, where a saliva sample revealed THC.
Cook, of Ingoldsby, said he was currently in rehab, and had been before he was charged.
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