NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON – On April 11, 2021 at approximately 10:30 p.m., a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 6 north of Alma.
While speaking with the driver, the officer observed drug paraphernalia within the vehicle.
Police also recovered a quantity of a substance suspected to be crystal methamphetamine from within the vehicle.
Steven Thomas Shields, 39-years-old of Wellington North Township has been charged with:
- Possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine; and
- Drive Vehicle with cannabis readily available.
The Accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Guelph on May 14, 2021, to answer to the charges.
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