(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a complaint from a motorist of a possible impaired driver on Highway 11 North in Bracebridge on Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. Officers were able to locate the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop near Taylor Road.
As a result of their investigation, the driver, 55 year-old Daniel VIAU of Smooth Rock Falls, ON was arrested and charged with the following offences:
Driving While Ability Impaired by Drug CC 253(1)(a)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Cocaine) CDSA 4(1)
Possession of a Schedule II Substance (Cannabis) Over 3 Kg for the Purposes of Trafficking CDSA 5(2)
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000 CC 354(1)(a)
The accused will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on June 14, 2016.