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Ontario EV driver arrested for drinking while charging car at OPP station parking lot

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A Peterborough, Ont., man faces charges following an incident in the parking lot of an OPP detachment in Lindsay, Ont., on Saturday evening.

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City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say the driver of an electric vehicle arrived at the detachment parking lot to use a charging station.

Officers noticed the man was also consuming alcohol.

Police launched an impaired driving investigation and discovered an assortment of open alcohol in the car.

The 39-year-old man was arrested and charged with having care and control of a motor vehicle with open liquor and failure or refusal to comply with a demand.

The EV was also impounded for seven days.

He was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Lindsay at a future date.

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