(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – Perth County OPP officers were busy conducting several Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) programs this past weekend. Between Friday, March 1, 2013 and Sunday, March 3, 2013 Perth County OPP officers conducted seven checkpoints throughout the county. In total, 195 motor vehicles and three motorized snow vehicles were checked.
An early morning R.I.D.E checkpoint set up at the intersection of Perth Road 130 and Line 26 removed a driver from the road that had been drinking. Just before 9:00 a.m. on March 2, 2013 a Dodge pickup truck entered the checkpoint. Officers spoke with the driver and noted he had been drinking alcohol. A roadside test was administered and the driver registered a warn range suspension.
A 27 year old male from the Township of West Perth was served with a three day driver’s licence suspension.
On Saturday, March 2, 2013 just after 11:00 p.m. officers stopped the driver of a Ford pickup truck that entered a R.I.D.E program set up at the intersection of Wallace Avenue North and Inkerman Street East in Listowel.
While speaking with the driver officers detected the odour of an illegal drug coming from inside the vehicle. Upon further investigation officers determined the driver was in possession of an illegal drug.
As a result, Peter GRDADOLNIK, 40, from Mississauga has been charged with charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance contrary to section 4(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
He has a court date scheduled for the Ontario Court of Justice – Listowel on April 10, 2013.
