Man jailed for three drug-driving offences and using false plates

A man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for driving under the influence of drugs on three occasions and driving while disqualified, mbl.is reports. The Reykjavik District Court also reaffirmed his lifetime driving ban.

The man admitted the offences. Police stopped him in Lóuhólar on March 17 and near Fannafold on April 15, and questioned him in a car park at Krummahólar on May 29. Cocaine and tetrahydrocannabinol were detected in his blood on all three occasions.

During the final incident, he was driving a grey Volkswagen Touareg displaying registration plates assigned to a black Opel Corsa. The court also convicted him of a document-related offence for using the incorrect plates to deceive.

The court said he had a criminal record, mainly for traffic and drug offences. In 2025, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison for similar offences, as well as offences against police and weapons laws.

The court said the latest offences marked the fifth time he had driven under the influence of drugs within the applicable repeat-offence period, and the third time he had driven while disqualified. His full admission was considered in mitigation. He was also ordered to pay just over 800,000 krónur in legal fees and other court costs.