Impaired driving arrest leads to drug trafficking charges

Windsor Police Service file photo. (Sanjay Maru/CTV News Windsor)

Windsor police say a man is facing drug trafficking and impaired driving charges after officers found him asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle.

The incident happened just after 7 p.m. on June 8 in the 200 block of Watson Avenue. Police were called to the scene to check on the wellbeing of the driver after someone reported the vehicle had been idling for over two hours.

Police say when they arrived, they saw the driver slumped over at the wheel and noticed a plastic bag containing a suspected illicit drug in the driver’s lap.

A search of the vehicle then yielded various amounts of crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, oxycodone, a cellphone, two digital scales, and drug packaging materials, according to Windsor police.

The 23 year old was charged with:

• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely methamphetamine
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely cocaine
• Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely oxycodone
• Impaired operation of a conveyance