21-year-old sentenced to community service for 131 km/h driving with cannabis in his blood
Hordaland tingrett sentenced a 21-year-old man to a community sentence (samfunnsstraff) after police measured him at 131 km/h on the E39 in Fana, Bergen, and a blood sample showed cannabis. He had been stopped in Fritz C. Riebers veg.
🇳🇴 Fritz C. Riebers veg, Fana, Bergen, Vestland · Norway
A 21-year-old man has been sentenced in Hordaland tingrett, the district court
for the Bergen area, to samfunnsstraff, a community sentence served under
supervision, after driving at 131 km/h with cannabis in his blood.[1]He was
stopped in Fritz C. Riebers veg in Fana, Bergen, after police measured him at
131 km/h; the E39 where the speeding took place runs through that part of the
city.[1]A blood sample also showed that he had cannabis in his blood.[1]
iBergen republished the Fanaposten story with the same lead and the same
photograph credited to Erik Støverud.[2]
Photos and video
Photo published with the story of the stop in Fritz C. Riebers veg, where the man was measured at 131 km/h. Photo: Erik StøverudPhoto details
The article's full text is behind a paywall; only the lead, headline and photo caption were readable, so the cannabis quantity, the THC level, the length of the community sentence, any fine or driving-licence loss, and the date of the judgment are unknown.
The article gives no separate date for the judgment; 7 November 2026 is its publication date and is used as the incident date.
The speeding took place on the E39, but the stop is placed in Fritz C. Riebers veg in Fana, so the recorded place is that street in Bergen; no coordinates for the exact spot were published.
Apart from iBergen's republication of the same Fanaposten teaser, no second independent account of the case was found, so the outcome rests on one newspaper's report.
The photograph carries a photographer credit, but the caption does not describe its subject beyond the stop, so it may show the road rather than the stop itself.
Whether the man was convicted only of the cannabis-related traffic offence or also of speeding is not stated in the accessible text.
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