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File # 2021-1808130 - Impaired driving by drug

For Immediate Release – December 6 ,2021

BRIDGEWATER, NS – On Saturday, December 4, 2021, at approximately 11:11 a.m., Bridgewater Police Service responded to a complaint of two (2) people sleeping in a vehicle that was running while parked at the Gateway Plaza on the west side of Bridgewater.

An investigation was completed and police arrested a 31-year-old male for impaired driving by drug. As part of the investigation police also seized three (3) sets of scales, $5,000 cash, 48 grams of cocaine, 60 grams of cutting agent, a quantity of Methamphetamine (Ice pills), Dilaudid, Ativan, and other drug paraphernalia.

The male was released on an undertaking to appear in court for plea on February 16, 2022.

This investigation remains ongoing and police request that anyone who may have witnessed the event or anyone with information relating to the event contact Bridgewater Police Service at (902) 543-2464.