NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH - On Sunday June 2, 2019 at approximately 10:30 a.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer stopped a pickup truck on Maltby Road near Concession 7 in Aberfoyle. Police discovered that the driver was prohibited from operating a vehicle.
During the investigation, officers located and seized 14 cartons containing over 2,500 unmarked cigarettes within the vehicle.
Fifty-five-year-old Kenneth Munn of the Township of Guelph-Eramosa has been charged with:
- Operate motor vehicle while prohibited contrary to the Criminal Code.
- Possess unmarked cigarettes contrary to the Tobacco Tax Act (two counts).
- Operate motor vehicle without insurance contrary to the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act.
The driver's vehicle was impounded for 45 days as per statute. The accused is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on July 5, 2019.
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