A Marmora and Lake man has been charged with drug-impaired driving following a traffic stop on Highway 7 east of Peterborough on Thursday.
Around 4:30 p.m., Peterborough County OPP stopped a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act offence in Otonabee-South Monaghan Township, east of the city.
Police determined the driver was impaired by drugs and that the vehicle was found to be “mechanically unfit” for the roadway.
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Jeffery Wiltshire, 44, of Marmora and Lake, Ont., was arrested and charged with drug-impaired driving and six Highway Traffic Act offences in relation to the condition of the vehicle.
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He was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on May 13.
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