On Dec. 5 members of the OPP Highway Safety Division established a RIDE initiative on Highway 17 in the City of Greater Sudbury.
At around 3:55 p.m., officers had occasion to check a vehicle occupied by a male driver who stopped at the RIDE program.
Officers detected the odor of marijuana emanating from interior of the vehicle.
As a result of the investigation, police located and seized a quantity of drugs inside the vehicle.
The driver, a 39-year-old man from Sudbury, was arrested and charged with the following:
- Possession of a Schedule III substance for the purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of a Schedule II substance for the purpose of Trafficking
- Possession of a Schedule II substance – Cannabis Marihuana – over 30 grams
- Possession of a Schedule II substance – Cannabis Resin – over 1 gram
- Possession of a Schedule III substance
The accused will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sudbury, on Jan. 18 to answer to his charges.
