Highway traffic stop results in drug seizure

OPP NEWS RELEASE

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WHITE RIVER, ON – On Sunday September 23, 2012, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) White River Detachment were conducting stationary radar on Highway 17 in Hunt Township. 

A 1988 Honda Prelude bearing an Alberta marker was stopped for a Highway Traffic Act violation. 

Further investigation revealed that the marker did not match the vehicle. 

While speaking with the driver, OPP officers observed drug paraphernalia on the dashboard of the vehicle. 

It was turned over to police by the driver and marijuana residue was found inside.

The driver, 34-year-old Dwayne Zwicker of Calgary, Alberta, was placed under arrest for possession of marijuana. 

A search of the vehicle resulted in further seizure of 39 individually wrapped tin foil packages each containing approximately one  gram of marijuana. 

As a result the accused was charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking and he is to appear in Wawa Criminal Court on November 19, 2012, to answer to this charge.

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