Booze, illegal drugs and a weapon were in a car that Timmins Police stopped for various moving violations last Wednesday morning.
A patrol officer noticed the car being driven in a suspicious manner and with a blacked-out licence plate, in the parking lot at the McIntyre Arena.
There was open beer in the vehicle and what police call “quantities of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia and a weapon.” They were all seized. Among the haul is about $5,000 worth of methamphetamines.
The driver — a 24-year-old local man — is up on several charges:
– Driving while under suspension contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
– Drive with Obstructed Plate contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
– Drive – No Clear View to front contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
– Driving Motor Vehicle with Open Container of Liquor contrary to the Liquor Licence Act
– Possession of a Controlled Substance contrary to the Controlled Drug and Substances
Act.
– Possession of a Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking contrary to the Controlled
Drugs and Substances act
– Possession of Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose contrary to the Criminal Code of
Canada
– Fail to Comply with Probation Order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
-Source: Timmins Police Service