A Glasgow man who told cops he was going to fail a roadside drugs test was later found to be 16 times over the limit.

Jordan Birrell had been driving on South Crosshill Road in Bishopbriggs on June 28, 2023, when he was stopped by police.

Officers from the road policing unit were then asked to attend to conduct a drugs wipe test.

Birrell was nervous and had dilated pupils as well as a pale complexion.

He became more nervous and irate stating to cops “I’m going to fail it”.

Birrell was arrested to which he made no reply.

He was taken to London Road police station where a blood sample was taken for analysis.

The test gave a reading of 25 microgrammes of cocaine per litre of blood. The limit is ten microgrammes.

Birrell also provided a reading of 799 microgrammes of Benzoylecgonine – a chemical that is produced when cocaine is broken down by the body – per litre of blood. The limit is 50 microgrammes.

Birrell, of Balornock, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court for sentencing recently after pleading guilty to two charges.

These included driving a car when the proportion of Benzoylecgonine in his blood was 799 microgrammes which exceeded the limit of 50 microgrammes per litre of blood and driving a car when the proportion of cocaine in his blood was 25 microgrammes which exceeded the limit of 10 microgrammes per litre of blood.

Birrell’s lawyer told the court that his client was “shocked” by his test results.

The defence solicitor said: “The figure seems astronomical, he was 16 times the limit. He’s not trying to minimise what he did, he was shocked himself.”

Sheriff Anna Reid placed Birrell on a community payback order requiring him to complete 200 hours of unpaid work. He will also be under social work supervision for 12 months.

Birrell, who was already disqualified from driving, was disqualified for a further two years.