ATIKOKAN — OPP in Atikokan have pressed charges against an alleged drug-impaired driver.
On Saturday evening, officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 11 after it was observed crossing the centre line.
The officer suspected the driver might be impaired and conducted a standardized field sobriety test.
The driver failed the test and was arrested, and a drug recognition exam was completed at the Atikokan OPP detachment.
As a result of the investigation, it was discovered that the driver was violating judicial release conditions.
The 57-year-old woman from Atikokan was charged with impaired operation of alcohol or drugs, refusing to comply with a demand, possession of a Schedule I substance (cocaine), and two counts of failing to comply with a release order other than to attend court.
As a result, the accused's driver's license was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
Police held the accused and have a bail hearing scheduled for later this week in the Thunder Bay Ontario Court of Justice.
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