Two men are the first to be charged in Devon and Cornwall under new drug-driving legislation.

Mark Mitchell, 35, of Grassmere Way, Pillmere, Saltash, and Jeffrey Oduro, 23, of Central Avenue, Edmonton, London, have been charged with driving while over the prescribed drug limit, a new Section 5a Road Traffic Act offence.

Both men are due to appear at Bodmin Magistrates’ Court on 25 February 2016.

The alleged offences took place in December 2015.