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Police say sleeping driver had over 25 grams of cocaine on him

Public called police about man sleeping behind the wheel of a running vehicle
Guelph Police Service rear of vest

Saturday morning around 10, a concerned citizen contacted the Guelph police about a man sleeping in the driver’s seat of a running motor vehicle parked in a commercial parking lot near of Woodlawn Road West and Woolwich Street.

Police located the vehicle and began speaking with the man.

Investigation resulted in the male being arrested and revealed an empty beer bottle, 18.5 grams of cocaine and 6.8 grams of crack cocaine.

A 28-year-old Guelph man has been charged with:

- Having care or control of a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor

- Operation while impaired - drug

- Possession for the purpose of trafficking