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Niagara police charge 4 people in Canada Day R.I.D.E. lane initiative

File photo. Niagara Regional Police. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon

Police R.I.D.E. lanes are usually just for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

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Niagara Regional Police, however, set up R.I.D.E. checkpoints in Niagara Falls and Port Colborne this long weekend with varying results.

Police say about 650 vehicles were stopped around 9:15 p.m. Sunday and not one driver was deemed to be impaired by alcohol.

However, police say they came across a few drivers where an odour of cannabis was present.

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Three drivers have been charged for having cannabis readily available and a person under 19 was charged with possession of pot.

Police say eight other tickets were issued to drivers for various traffic offences.

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