Police in West Nipissing see passenger not wearing seatbelt, drug, other charges follow

Both suspects have been charged with three counts of drug trafficking. (OPP photo)

Two people have been charged with multiple offences after police in West Nipissing noticed a passenger in a vehicle not wearing a seatbelt.

It quickly emerged the driver’s licence was suspended and the passenger, who is from Sudbury, was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

Ontario Provincial Police stopped the vehicle at 2:30 a.m. July 23 on Front Street in West Nipissing.

“As a result of the investigation, the driver was arrested for being a suspended driver and the passenger was arrested on an outstanding warrant,” police said in a news release Wednesday.

“A search located Canadian currency and drugs suspected to be methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs.”

A 55-year-old from West Nipissing is charged with possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts of drug trafficking, driving with cannabis in open baggage and driving while suspended.

A 40-year-old from Sudbury is charged with failing to comply with a probation order, three counts of drug trafficking and failing to wear a seatbelt.

Both accused were held for bail court and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on Wednesday in North Bay.