Oshawa Man Asleep at the Wheel Charged With Drug Possession and Impaired Driving
/A 43-year-old Oshawa man is facing several charges, including impaired driving and drug possession, after an incident on Sunday morning.
Pthoto courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
At roughly 8:20 a.m., Police received multiple calls about a vehicle at the intersection of Lansdowne Street East and Television Road and a man appeared to be asleep in the driver’s seat.
Officers had to break the driver’s side window as the driver was not responding to the first responders' attempts to wake him up. In speaking with the driver, officers noticed signs of impairment as well as drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. They also learned that he was a suspended driver.
During a vehicle search after the arrest, officers located and seized:
35.3 grams of Crack Cocaine
36.8 grams of Fentanyl
5 grams of Heroin
1.6 grams of Psilocybin
Drug paraphernalia
The man was arrested and charged with:
Operation While Impaired - Alcohol and Drugs
Operation While Prohibited Under the Criminal Code
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine X2
Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking – Heroin
Possession of a Schedule I Substance - Opioid (Other Than Heroin) X5
Possession of a Schedule III Substance
Driving While Under Suspension (Highway Traffic Act)
