File Photo: Police officer conducts RIDE check
File Photo: Police officer conducts RIDE check

By Angela Gemmill

An O-P-P RIDE check along Highway 144 last Friday night, nabbed two offenders in the same vehicle.

Officers were checking a vehicle when they smelled an odour of drugs and alcohol.

After searching the car, police found Cannabis Marijuana and alcohol.

The 22-year old male driver from Azilda was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance.

His passengers, a 24-year old Onaping Falls man, was charged with Failing to Comply with a Probation Order and Consuming Liquor in Other Than Licensed Premises, Residence or Private Place.

Both are scheduled to appear in court October 14 in Sudbury.