Ayr woman faces 14 charges following proactive traffic stop
Items and suspected drugs seized by police on Dec. 30. (X: @WRPSToday)
A woman from Ayr is facing 14 charges after a proactive traffic stop in Cambridge on Saturday.
Waterloo regional police were using automated licence plate recognition technology, when officers were alerted to a vehicle registered to a suspended driver around 8 p.m., in the area of Christopher Drive and Champlain Boulevard.
While conducting a traffic stop, police say they saw drugs in the vehicle and arrested the driver.
Police seized suspected cocaine, hydromorphone, oxycodone and clonazepam.
Officers also seized cell phones, a conducted energy weapon, pepper spray, a prohibited knife, a metal bat, and Canadian currency.
A 30-year old woman was charged with the following offences:
- Possession for the purpose of trafficking (four counts)
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose (five counts)
- Possession of a prohibited weapon (three counts)
- Possession of proceeds of crime
- Possession of identity document
She was held in police custody for a bail hearing.
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