CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Nov. 22 at about 11:30pm, Wellington County OPP conducted a traffic stop after observing what police call “erratic driving behavior” on Jones Baseline outside of Fergus.
“Police located a quantity of drugs within the vehicle,” stated a Nov. 25 OPP press release.
Yusuf Liban, 30, of Kitchener, was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and possession of a Schedule I substance (opioid other than heroin).
He is to appear in Guelph court on Jan. 2.
GUELPH/ERAMOSA – On Nov. 23 at about 10:45pm, Wellington County OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision at Highway 7 and Eramosa Milton Townline, outside Rockwood.
“There were no reported injuries,” police stated in a Nov. 25 press release.
A 19-year-old from Rockwood was charged with careless driving and being a novice driver with a blood-alcohol level above zero. He is to appear in Guelph court at a later date.
FERGUS – On Nov. 25 at about 3:30pm, Wellington County OPP conducted a traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver at Parkside Drive West and St. David Street North.
A 61-year-old man from Fergus was charged with driving with more than 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood in his system. He is to appear in Guelph court on Dec. 9.
CENTRE WELLINGTON – On Nov. 25 at about 7:30pm, Wellington County OPP officers received information from a neighbouring police service of a suspected impaired driver.
“Police located the driver on Sideroad 10 outside of Fergus,” the OPP stated in a Nov. 26 press release.
A 48-year-old Fergus man was charged with driving while impaired by alcohol and drugs and driving over 80mg. He is to appear in Guelph court on Dec. 9.
GUELPH – On Nov. 26 at about 10:30am police were called by staff of a business near Gordon Street and Clair Road.
“The caller advised a man had entered the business attempting to purchase alcohol, but staff refused as he appeared to be intoxicated,” Guelph police stated in a Nov. 27 press release.
“The manager of the business told the man if he drove police would be notified. The man left in his pickup truck despite the warning.”
A 63-year-old Puslinch man was charged with impaired driving and is to appear in Guelph court on Dec. 12.
In the above incidents the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle impounded for seven days.
