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Traffic stop on Highway 17 results in impaired driving charge

Dryden OPP arrested and charged one person after receiving a complaint from a local business in the area of Zealand township.
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DRYDEN — A complaint about a possible impaired driver has led to a 43-year-old from Thunder Bay facing charges.

Provincial police officers in Dryden received the traffic complaint from a local business for a vehicle on Highway 17 in the area of Zealand township on the afternoon of Sept. 9.

Police located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop, with the investigation determining the driver was impaired by alcohol.

The driver faces two impaired driving charges and was issued a 90-day licence suspension and seven-day vehicle impoundment.

A court date is scheduled in Dryden for next month.




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