Drugs found at Hwy 17 RIDE check

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GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION - Two out-of-town men have been charged with drug offences while going through an OPP RIDE checkstop.

On Thursday September 13, Sault Ste. Marie OPP Detachment members had set up a RIDE check stop at the intersection of Highway 17 and Trunk Rd and the new highway.

As a result of a vehicle being stopped and checked, it was suspected that the driver had been drinking.

Spirits and beer were located in the vehicle as well as a quantity of ecstasy and cocaine.

Twenty-seven-year old Andrew Tabaczuk of Ottawa and 26-year-old David Stadnik of Brampton were arrested.

Mr. Tabaczuk was charged with having care or control under the Liquor Licence Act, possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a controlled substance under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act.

Mr. Stadnik was charged with having liquor in an open container under the Liquor Licence Act and possession for the purpose of trafficking under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act.

************************* Five RIDE checks result in numerous charges

RIDE checks conducted by Sault Ste. Marie Detachment and traffic and marine officers resulted in numerous charges.

Offices conducted RIDE on Thursday evening in five separate locations in the Sault Ste. Marie OPP patrol area, checking 325 vehicles.

There was one seatbelt charge, two liquor act charges and two people were charged with drug-related charges.

One person was charged for failure to produce evidence of insurance.

While conducting RIDE at 10:11 p.m. on Highway #17 in Garden River First Nation, OPP officers stopped a vehicle which they searched for open liquor.

Found in the vehicle were five pills suspected to be ecstacy and 11 one-gram packs of suspected cocaine.

Charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking contrary to section 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substance act and driver permit open liquor contrary to the liquor license act is Andrew W. Tabaczuk, age 27, of Ottawa.

Also in the vehicle and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking 5(2) CSDA and having open liquor is David Stadnik, age 26, of Brampton.

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