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A Busy Weekend for Officers of the Highway Enforcement Team and the CMV Team (AURORA, ON) – The HSD Highway Enforcement Team reported a busy weekend on the roads, an officer stopped a driver for speeding, the driver provided a temporary driver’s licence folded up, the officer unfolded the licence and surprised to see some marijuana inside it. All the occupants were arrested and a further search of the vehicle resulted in additional marijuana being seized. The occupants were charged accordingly. In another incident, an officer from the team stopped a vehicle with a covered licence plate. A check revealed the plate was unattached. The driver then admitted to the officer that his vehicle was not insured; he also informed officers that he was under suspension and that the plates had been stolen. The vehicle was also on file with the MTO as unfit, again the driver was charged accordingly. These are just a couple of the many incidents the Highway Enforcement Team reported over the long weekend. The team continues to accumulate outstanding results, over the weekend alone the unit laid 7 CDSA charges as well 5 possession of property charges, 1 obstruct police, 1 theft under, 1 drive disqualified, 2 breach of probation charges and 1 fraud and utter forged document.  Under the Provincial Offences Act there were 38 drivers charged with driving while under suspension, 3 for stunt driving, 19 for driving with no Insurance, 24 motorists charged for driving with no licence, 64 with no seatbelts, 56 drivers charged with speeding, 12 drivers were charged for talking on their cell phone, 4 persons charged for failing to move over for emergency vehicles and 143 other charges under the highway traffic act. The brand new four member Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Team hit the highways this past weekend. They were an integral part of the long weekend initiative. The team inspected 65 commercial and non-commercial vehicles, putting 25 of those vehicles out of service, seizing 17 sets of plates and laying a total of 134 charges for unsafe, equipment and moving violations. The Traffic Support Unit members who usually are called upon to reconstruct serious or fatal collisions were also out this long weekend to support the initiative. The members inspected 23 commercial vehicles and laid 156 charges. The Units continue to work together along with members from all the Detachments within the HSD to ensure are roads are safe for all motorists. - 30 -                              Contact:        Sgt. Dave Woodford Media Relations, Highway Safety Division Phone:          (416) 553-5471 “Saving Lives on Ontario’s highways, trails and waterways through Professionalism, Leadership and Visibility”
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