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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF PUSLINCH - On Jan. 28, 2020, at approximately 12:45 a.m. a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer stopped a vehicle on Wellington Road 34 near Brock Road in Puslinch Township. The driver was stopped for a provincial offences violation. Investigation revealed that the driver was wanted by another Ontario police service.
Police arrested the driver and discovered he was in possession of a quantity of drugs including cannabis, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, drug paraphernalia, and Canadian currency. The driver was also in unlawful possession of photo identification. Further to the arrest, officers uncovered a loaded hand gun in the vehicle.
As a result of the investigation, Richard Brian Wismer, 37-years-old of Georgian Bluffs Township has been charged with:
- Unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Knowledge of an unauthorized weapon
- Occupant of a motor vehicle having knowledge of a prohibited weapon
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime under $5000
- Two counts of possession of an identity document unauthorized
- Trafficking methamphetamines
- Trafficking clonazepam
- Drive with cannabis readily available
- Four counts of suspended driving.
The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario court of Justice - Guelph on March 6, 2020.
Any person with information regarding this person should contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip online at www.csgw.tips. You may be eligible for a reward from Crime Stoppers of up to $2,000.
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