{"id":226969,"date":"2026-01-04T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/226969\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T14:11:10","slug":"letterkenny-cocaine-driver-arrested-after-speeding-through-snowy-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/226969\/","title":{"rendered":"Letterkenny cocaine driver arrested after speeding through snowy conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cocaine driver was nabbed by Letterkenny Garda\u00ed after being caught over the speed limit despite the wintry conditions of the county\u2019s roads yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was detected doing 129kph on the dual carriageway on the outskirts of Letterkenny, and subsequently pulled over by Garda\u00ed from the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit.<\/p>\n<p>After being administered a roadside intoxicant test, the driver tested positive for cocaine and was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Donegal Garda\u00ed are again urging motorists to never get behind the wheel whilst under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever take unnecessary &amp; dangerous risks on the roads,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not drive while under the influence of drugs\/alcohol. Slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Letterkenny cocaine driver arrested after speeding through snowy conditions was last modified:  January 4th, 2026 by Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cocaine driver was nabbed by Letterkenny Garda\u00ed after being caught over the speed limit despite the wintry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[116579,11243,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-226969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-donegal-arrest","tag-donegal-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}