Police in West Nipissing see passenger not wearing seatbelt, drug, other charges follow
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Two people have been charged with multiple offences after police in West Nipissing noticed a passenger in a vehicle not wearing a seatbelt.
It quickly emerged the driver’s licence was suspended and the passenger, who is from Sudbury, was wanted on an outstanding warrant.
Ontario Provincial Police stopped the vehicle at 2:30 a.m. July 23 on Front Street in West Nipissing.
“As a result of the investigation, the driver was arrested for being a suspended driver and the passenger was arrested on an outstanding warrant,” police said in a news release Wednesday.
“A search located Canadian currency and drugs suspected to be methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs.”
A 55-year-old from West Nipissing is charged with possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts of drug trafficking, driving with cannabis in open baggage and driving while suspended.
A 40-year-old from Sudbury is charged with failing to comply with a probation order, three counts of drug trafficking and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Both accused were held for bail court and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Wednesday in North Bay.
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