Two Greater Toronto Area residents face charges following a road rage incident in Hamilton Township on Sunday evening.
According to Northumberland OPP, around 7:05 p.m., offices received information that two motorists were involved in an apparent road rage incident in Hamilton Township, north of Cobourg. One of the drivers allegedly displayed a shotgun to the other driver involved in the incident.
Officers conducted a high-risk vehicle stop and located a man and a woman in the vehicle along with a shotgun and ammunition.
Police determined the driver had been consuming alcohol and said the man failed a roadside screening device.
Vladmir Alexander Boric, 58, of North York, was arrested and charged with impaired driving (blood-alcohol concentration 80-plus) and breach of a firearm regulation — transporting a firearm or restricted weapon.
The passenger, Mitiz Flores, 32, of North York, was also charged with breach of a firearm regulation — transporting a firearm or restricted weapon.
Both were released and are scheduled to appear in court in Cobourg on July 14, OPP said Monday.