A KING'S Stanley woman has been charged with cocaine offences.

Lucy Marks, aged 37, of St George's Close, King's Stanley, has been charged with driving while under the influence of the Class A drug.

She is also charged with having benzoylecgonine in her system which is a metabolite of cocaine.

Marks was caught on June 22 last year in a Kia Ceed in Bath Road, Eastington.

She gave a reading of  240 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood alongside 15 micrograms of cocaine.

Marks was due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates Court yesterday, Wednesday.