Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police charged a Mississauga resident with drug-impaired driving after a traffic stop in the Township of Southgate on Sunday, Nov. 8.[1] An officer on patrol saw a traffic violation on Nixon Street around 12:38 p.m. and pulled the vehicle over.[1] While speaking with the driver, the officer saw evidence of cannabis and began an impaired driving investigation.[1] The driver was arrested.[1] The driver was identified as Muhammad Ishfaq, 37, of Mississauga.[1]

He was charged with operation while impaired by drugs under the Criminal Code.[1] He was also charged with having care or control of a motor vehicle with cannabis readily available under Ontario’s Cannabis Control Act.[1] He was also charged with using plates not authorized for the vehicle under the Highway Traffic Act.[1] The allegations have not been proven in court.[1] Ishfaq was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound on Thursday, Dec. 17.[1] He also received an automatic 90-day licence suspension and a seven-day vehicle impoundment.[1]