Police made two impaired driving arrests in Peterborough over the Victoria Day weekend.
According to the Peterborough Police Service, in one incident on Monday afternoon, police around 12:20 p.m. found a vehicle driving erratically and stopping at green lights in the Parkhill Road and Wallis Drive area before coming to a stop in a parking lot.
Officers determined the driver was under the influence of drugs. Some drug paraphernalia were also located.
Ryan Clark, 27, of Peterborough, was arrested and charged with drug-impaired driving, driving while under suspension, failure to surrender a suspended, revoked or cancelled licence, failure to surrender a permit for a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
He was released on an undertaking and will appear in court in Peterborough on June 8.
Impaired by alcohol arrest
Around 8 p.m. Sunday night, officers responded to a call from a witness about a vehicle that had fled the scene after it had struck another vehicle in a parking lot in the Sherbrooke Street and Denure Drive area.
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Officers were able to locate the suspect vehicle at a nearby residence. Police located the driver and determined he was impaired by alcohol.
John Hobbins, 62, of Peterborough was charged with two counts of impaired driving (alcohol, blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus).
He was released on an undertaking and will appear in court on June 23.
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