Impaired driver on Hwy. 17 caught with $66K in cocaine, police say
An Ontario Provincial Police shoulder badge is seen in this undated photo. (File)
A traffic complaint near Nairn Centre on Nov. 9 led to the discovery of what police believe is 660 grams of cocaine.
Ontario Provincial Police received the complaint around 7 p.m. involving a pickup truck on Highway 17.
"Police located the pickup truck on Jacklin Road in the Town of Espanola and conducted a traffic stop," the OPP said in a news release Wednesday.
"While speaking to the driver, police determined alcohol had been consumed and the driver was transported to the McKerrow detachment for further testing."
A search uncovered the suspected cocaine, with an estimated street value of $66,000, and three suspected oxycodone pills with an estimated street value of $45.
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A 30-year-old from Wikwemikong has been charged with impaired driving, drug trafficking, drug possession, driving with liquor readily available, driving without insurance and several other related offences.
The suspect appeared in bail court in Sudbury on Nov. 10 and was remanded into custody.
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