POLICE arrested a driver after he failed a roadside test for cannabis in North Yorkshire.

This was one of a number of road related incidents officers had to deal with during a busy Sunday for Scarborough Police.

At 6.20pm a grey Seat Leon car was spotted by officers, driving without headlights along Sandside in Scarborough, a spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said.

Officers stopped the car and the driver, a 22-year-old man from North Frodingham, in East Yorkshire, failed a roadside drug wipe test for cannabis, the spokesman added.

She explained: “He was arrested on suspicion of driving with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.

“On further inspection of the vehicle, the driver was also arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis, suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and suspicion of possession of a bladed article. He has since been released under investigation, whilst inquiries continue.”

The spokeswoman said police also stopped a green Fiat Doblo van at about 2.40pm on New Park Road in Scarborough and found that the driver was driving unsupervised and without L-plates with only a provisional licence. The van was seized and the driver was reported for the offence.

At 5.53pm a member of the public alerted police to the manner of driving of a blue Vauxhall Vectra in the Scalby area. Officers found the car near the Lunar Park funfair at Scarborough seafront. After making inquiries, they discovered that the vehicle had not been taxed since May 2017, the spokeswoman said. The car was then seized.

Officers from the Roads Policing Group were also kept busy through the evening of Sunday and into the early hours of Monday, stopping a number of vehicles for speeding along the Whitwell-on-the-Hill section of the A64.