(MAPLETON TOWNSHIP, ON) – On March 30, 2015 at approximately 6:17 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers investigated a female driver of a 2003 Dodge van that was located leaving an address on Concession 6 in Mapleton Township.
Police were advised that the property owner did not know the driver of the vehicle and when questioned her story was inconsistent in regards to her purpose there. Police placed the driver under arrest for trespassing and subsequently searched her vehicle. Officers located several vials of a white, crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia.
Alfreda BATEMAN age 51 of Kitchener has been charged with Possession of Methamphetamine and Trafficking Methamphetamine contrary to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on May 19, 2015 to answer to the charges.