Staff at James Bond car factory suspended for smoking drugs as workers are ‘urine tested for class-A substances’
WORKERS at the James Bond car factory were high another day — after cannabis was smelt on them.
Four have been suspended from the Aston Martin plant and others are sweating on their jobs.
Sniffer dogs came in after bosses smelt weed on some workers’ clothes.
The company set up a portable lab for testing and four employees were frogmarched out.
Production of the new Aston Martin DBX 707 was disrupted at the newly opened plant in St Athan, near Cardiff.
A worker said: “A lot more are worried about their jobs.
“Staff are being urine-tested for class A drugs and cannabis - they can detect drugs going back weeks.
“The company tried to keep a lid on it - it’s not the image they want for a worldwide name.”
The firm’s famous cars include the V12 Vanquish from 2002’s Die Another Day.
The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford officially opened the St Athan factory on the site of a former RAF base in 2019.
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A spokesman said: “The four were suspended as part of our investigation into alleged substance abuse.”
South Wales Police said no allegations of drug use had not been reported to them.
