A MOTORIST has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and for possessing cannabis and a knife in public.

A 25-year-old man in a vehicle was spoken to by a PCSO in Whitewall, Norton, near Malton, at 11.30pm last night.

He was subsequently arrested by roads policing group officers on suspicion of being in charge of a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs, possession of cannabis, and possession of a knife in a public place.

He has been released on bail, pending analysis of a blood sample.