N.S. RCMP ticket man for having cannabis in vehicle

By Graeme Benjamin Global News

Posted October 27, 2018 4:22 pm EST

Updated October 27, 2018 4:25 pm EST

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Cannabis harvested at the CannTrust Niagara Greenhouse Facility in Fenwick, Ont., is photographed on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

A 64-year-old man has been handed a ticket for having cannabis in his vehicle in Cape Breton.

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Nova Scotia RCMP say they conducted a check stop along the Cabot Trail in Nyanza, around 11 p.m. Friday.

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Officers determined that the driver had cannabis in his vehicle, and as a result was handed a ticket for illegally transporting cannabis in a vehicle.

Police say the cannabis was readily accessible to the driver, but he wasn’t impaired.