28 Year Old With Weed Caught Going 150 in a 100

(OXFORD COUNTY, ON) – On Saturday, January 2, 2021, at approximately 8:23 p.m., an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), West Region Highway Safety Division stopped and investigated a vehicle at a Highway 401, Woodstock address.

It was determined that officers were conducting speed enforcement westbound on Highway 401 when they observed a vehicle that appeared to be travelling at a high rate of speed. The motor vehicle ran through radar at over 150 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone.

As a result, police charged a 28-year-old Dwayne Benson ARCHIBALD of Mississauga, Ontario with the following offences:

·        Race a motor vehicle – excessive speed,

·        Novice driver – blood alcohol concentration above zero,

·        Driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor,

·        Drive vehicle with cannabis readily available, and

·        Class G1 licence holder – drive on prohibited highway.

OPP are reminding all motorists that the minimum fine if convicted is $2,000 and an automatic drivers licence suspension for seven (7) days and seven (7) day vehicle impoundment.

The driver is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice located in Woodstock at a later date.

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