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Police seize pot from speedy driver

KENORA, Ont. -- Police say officers seized nearly 40 pounds of marijuana from a speedy driver Thursday. Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers stopped a vehicle in the Northwestern Ontario city for speeding in the morning.

KENORA, Ont. -- Police say officers seized nearly 40 pounds of marijuana from a speedy driver Thursday.

Officials with the Kenora detachment of the OPP say officers stopped a vehicle in the Northwestern Ontario city for speeding in the morning. A search of the vehicle turned up the nearly 40 pounds of pot.

Police estimate the potential street value of the drugs seized to be nearly $190,000.

A 23-year-old Calgary man is now in custody and faces a charge of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime.

(Thunder Bay Television)




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