Nicole Lynch: Loganholme cafe owner roasted after drug driving fail

A Loganholme cafe owner has been brought before the courts after she was caught out by police driving with the party drug MDMA in her system.

A Loganholme cafe owner has been brought before the courts after she was caught out by police driving with the party drug MDMA in her system.

Nicole Julia Lynch. Picture: Facebook

Nicole Julia Lynch, 39, pleaded guilty in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Friday to driving while a relevant drug is present in blood or saliva.

The court heard she was intercepted for a roadside breath test along on Queen Elizabeth Drive, Berserker on April 4, 2021.

Her saliva test returned a positive result for the presence of MDMA and she was issued a notice to appear.

Magistrate Terry Duroux said Lynch had an “unremarkable” traffic history.

“Drugs that you consume can stay in your saliva for a significant period of time, sometimes days and weeks after,” he said.

She was convicted of the charge and ordered to pay a fine of $400 and disqualified from holding or obtaining a drivers licence for two weeks.

The magistrate directed that a restricted licence be issued to Lynch authorising her to drive in her occupation as a cafe owner.