The motorist may have been under the influence as he sat the test (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A young driver has lost his licence in dramatic style – just 24 hours after passing his test.

The motorist has been branded an ‘idiot’ after news of his arrest, for suspected drug-driving, emerged.

Police even joked that a new ‘record’ had now been set.

The dopey driver was stopped in Hastings, East Sussex, on January 5.

He failed a roadside test used to find traces of cocaine and cannabis.

Sussex Roads Police tweeted: ‘We’ve arrested a man in Hastings on suspicion of drug-driving.

‘Who, it turns out, only passed his driving test yesterday.

‘This could be a record.’

One Twitter user, with the account name DJlikesCyprus, wrote: ‘Given the time the drugs tested for apparently remain in the system, I wonder if he was over the limit when he took his test?’

Sussex Roads Police responded: ‘Quite possibly. We’ll never know.’

Robert Tapping responded to the tweet: ‘One day driving, three years off hopefully.’

Andrew Scudds added: ‘Probably best he stays off the roads with that attitude.’

It may not be the UK, but the Hastings driver didn’t quite match one ‘record’ set in Germany.

In 2018, a teenager managed to lose his licence just 49 minutes after getting it.

The 18-year-old was closed driving 95km/h (60mph) in a 50km/h (30mph) zone as he returned from the test centre.

‘Some things last for ever – others not for an hour,’ German police had written in their statement.

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The motorist has been branded an ‘idiot’ after news of his arrest, for suspected drug-driving, emerged.