A railway worker was dismissed after he tested positive for cocaine in a routine drug test.
He had been drinking a herbal tea he bought from a market, which he later found contained cocaine.
AdvertisementA British railway worker fired for a positive drug test was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal ruled, after he argued that he had drunk herbal tea infused with cocaine.
Inca Tea, also known as mate tea or coca tea, is a South American herbal tea, which contains the same active ingredient as cocaine.
After researching the product, he told the tribunal that he came to realize it contained cocaine.
Persons:
wouldn't, —, Paul Glenholmes, Glenholmes, indigestion
Organizations:
Service, Network Rail, Tribunal, Midland East Tribunal
Locations:
Midlands, South America