Northumberland OPP – Alleged Impaired Driver Taken Off Highway

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On Monday December 24, 2018 just after 4:30 am officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a report of possible impaired driver travelling eastbound on Highway 401east of Port Hope. The vehicle was described as swerving and unable to drive in a marked lane.

Officers located the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop on Highway 401just east of Cobourg in Hamilton Township. As a result of the investigation 36-year-old Ahmed Ali Noureldin Mahmoud Abou Elenein from Quinte West, Ontario was arrested and charged with the following offences:

· Operation while Impaired – alcohol and drugs
· Dangerous Operation
· Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Cocaine
· Resist Peace Officer
· Drive vehicle or boat with cannabis readily available

The accused male was released and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg on January 16, 2019.

Pete Fisher
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