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Hamilton police arrest driver for being allegedly impaired by cannabis

Police received a call from a concerned citizen around 3p.m. Thursday, a citizen about a possible impaired driver on the Red Hill Expressway. File / Global News

Hamilton Police have arrested a driver for allegedly being impaired by cannabis.

Police received a call from a concerned citizen around 3 p.m. Thursday about a possible impaired driver on the Red Hill Expressway.

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The vehicle was stopped by police in the area of Greenhill Avenue and Glen Vista Drive, where officers determined the driver was impaired by a drug, which police believe to be cannabis.

In addition to a future court date, the driver’s vehicle has been impounded for seven days and his licence has been suspended for the next three months.

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