DRYDEN, Ont. — A Winnipeg resident who picked the wrong time and place to speed now faces multiple charges including trafficking in cocaine.
Members of the OPP Ignace detachment were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 on Friday when they observed a westbound vehicle being driven at high speed.
They discontinued efforts to stop the driver due to public safety concerns.
However, the vehicle was spotted later east of Dryden, where OPP succeeded in getting the driver to pull over.
That's when they learned the vehicle had been stolen, and that it contained $500,000 worth of cocaine as well as Canadian currency.
The 28-year-old driver was charged with trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime and flight from police.
The accused person remained in custody Tuesday pending a bail hearing.
