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Toronto Driver Facing Multiple Charges After Being Stopped At RIDE Check On Highway 35

KAWARTHA LAKES-Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP were conducting a R.I.D.E. program on Highway 35, near Golf Course Road on January 25th, at approximately 1:30 a.m.

During the checkpoint, officers reportedly observed that cannabis was readily available to the driver. The driver failed to provide identification and was subsequently arrested.

33-year-old Adrian Chalmers-Lewis of Toronto was arrested and charged with the following offences:

  • Failure or refusal to comply with demand
  • Failure to identify self
  • Failure to surrender permit for motor vehicle
  • Drive vehicle with cannabis readily available
  • Driving while under suspension
  • Multiple other charges

In addition to the charges, the driver received a 90-day driver’s licence suspension, and the motor vehicle was impounded for seven days.

Drivers are reminded that no amount of alcohol or drugs in your system is safe when driving. The OPP remains committed to removing alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers from our roads through enforcement and public education. Arrive alive, drive sober.

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