Suspended driver now facing drug trafficking charges

A driver, whom police stopped for a suspended license, now faces several serious drug charges.

Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday, officers with the North Bay Police Service’s Street Crime Unit stopped a vehicle on Algonquin Avenue with information that the male driver’s licence was suspended.

Following an investigation, police arrested and charged:

Wayne Thomas Kenneth Dawson, age 33, of North Bay with:

• One count of driving while under suspension
• Two counts of possession of a schedule II substance for the purpose of trafficking
• One count of possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking
• One count of possession of property obtained by crime and
• One count of breach of Officer in Charge undertaking.

As a result of a search following his arrest, police seized as evidence:

• 11.4 grams of cocaine;
• 20.6 grams of marijuana;
• 90 methamphetamine tablets;
• $40 in Canadian currency; and
• drug paraphernalia.

The total street value of the drugs seized is estimated at over $2,500.

Police also seized the driver’s car as offence-related property.

Dawson was held in custody pending a bail hearing.

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