There is never a good way to lose your job – but this must be among the worst.
Bristol bus driver Alan Bailes was sacked after testing positive for cocaine in a saliva test at work – despite insisting he had never touched illegal drugs.
Luckily for him he went to a GP and spent £440 on a more accurate hair follicle test which proved he had never taken any drugs, the Guardian report.
The culprit, it turns out, was cocaine-contaminated banknotes from customers which 55-year-old Mr Bailes had been handling before he took the test.
Rotten luck. But after being wrongly accused, justice was done and he won a hefty payout.
Figures show that more than 88% of British banknotes contain drug traces.
