‘Slumped over the wheel’: Driver faces trafficking, impaired charges after Highway 7 investigation in Tay Valley
A Montague resident is facing impaired driving and drug trafficking charges following an incident in Tay Valley Township.
On Sunday, April 27, just after 11 a.m., officers with the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a vehicle parked at the side of Highway 7 near Gambles Side Road, with the driver slumped over the steering wheel.
Following a traffic investigation, the driver was arrested and transported to the Lanark Detachment in Perth for testing. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of cash, suspected cocaine, suspected methamphetamine, suspected psilocybin, and weapons.
As a result, William Campbell, 28, of Montague Township, has been charged with:
- Operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration (80 plus)
- Operation while impaired – alcohol
- Possession of a Schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – two counts
- Possession of a Schedule III substance for the purpose of trafficking
- Possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000
Charges have not been proven in court.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on May 26.
As part of the investigation, the driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.