FORT FRANCES – A Fort Frances resident has had his driver’s licence suspended for 90 days.
According to Ontario Provincial Police, an officer received a report on Dec. 11 around 6 p.m. of a possible impaired driver east of Fort Frances on King’s Highway 11.
The officers located the vehicle west of Atikokan.
A mandatory alcohol screening device was conducted on the driver and he was arrested at the scene.
As a result, a 37-year-old from Calgary, Alta. has been charged with operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs, refusing to provide a breath sample and driving under suspension.
The driver's licence was seized and the vehicle was towed.
The accused was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Atikokan on Jan. 12, 2022.