It turned out to be much more than just a speeding ticket.
A Lower Mainland man is facing drug-related criminal charges after police stopped him Feb. 19 and discovered what police are terming a “fair amount” of methamphetamine.
Police stopped the vehicle for speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway near 17th Street SW, across from Buckerfield’s.
When they ran the licence plate it was discovered the vehicle was registered to a federal parolee. This raised suspicions, and although the officers determined the man driving the vehicle was not the person out on parole, they determined there were sufficient grounds to arrest the man and search the vehicle.
“He was arrested pretty much without incident,” says Cpl. Luiz Sardinha of the Salmon Arm RCMP.
“Being on the highway, there is a lot of stuff rolling through town, so you never know what you might turn up.”
The man, who is in his mid-30s, is not being identified pending the approval of criminal charges against him.
