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OPP arrest two men on different ends of the county for impaired driving
May 27, 2024
A crossing at the Bluewater Bridge lead to an impaired driving charge.
Lambton OPP were called to the bridge in Point Edward Saturday around 9 pm for a suspected drunk driver. A Canadian returning from the US was suspected of drinking by Border Service Officers. OPP did a road side screening test and arrested a 43 year old from Camlachie.
Meantime, at 11 pm that same night, Lambton OPP stopped a vehicle on Kimball Road at Lambton Line in St. Clair Township.
Officers administered a roadside test and then took the driver to the Petrolia OPP detachment where he was tested again and charged with impaired driving.
A 25 year-old Sarnia man faces two charges of impaired driving.
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