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Loud Muffler And Improper Lighting Results In Drug Charges For Driver And Passenger

Pamela Vanmeer
By Pamela Vanmeer
Courtesy OPP

KAWARTHA LAKES-A driver and passenger are facing charges after a traffic stop on County Road 8 on September 28th.

Police say officers stopped a vehicle on Cty Rd 8 near Cty Rd 30 for a loud muffler & improper lighting.  According to police, the driver who was disqualified was arrested while further investigation allegedly revealed the driver and passenger were in poss of approximately 18 gm of cocaine and drug trafficking paraphernalia.

Both the driver and passenger were charged with Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of trafficking – Cocaine.  The driver was also charged with driving while disqualified and driving with an improper muffler. The vehicle was impoundeded for 45 days.

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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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