2,000 cannabis plants found inside vehicle trying to avoid RIDE check

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An Ontario driver who opted out of a mandatory RIDE stop by fleeing the scene was quickly caught along with the 2,000 cannabis plants that were inside his vehicle. A driver attempting to avoid an #OPP RIDE program in #Simcoe, has been charged after an officer stopped their vehicle and located approximately 2,000 cannabis plants. Among other prohibitions, the Cannabis Act notes an individual cannot possess, in a public place, one or more cannabis plants that are budding or flowering or possess more than four cannabis plants that are not budding or flowering. That search revealed 525 cannabis plants, an OPP tweet at the time showed. CBC News reports the driver attempted to flee down a dead-end road, making easy work for officers who quickly apprehended the driver and found the cannabis plants in the vehicle.

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An Ontario driver who opted out of a mandatory RIDE stop by fleeing the scene was quickly caught along with the 2,000 cannabis plants that were inside his vehicle.

Officers with the Norfolk County arm of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check at Norfolk St. N. and Davis St. W. in Simcoe, Ont. just after 1:30 a.m. on May 12, according to The Hamilton Spectator.

That was when a driver was witnessed trying to bypass the stop, notes...

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