WEST NIPISSING, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a man and recovered a stolen trailer following a traffic stop early Monday morning.
Officers from the Nipissing West Detachment stopped a vehicle towing a trailer on Dutrisac Road around 3:30 a.m. The driver attempted to flee, causing the trailer to overturn during a turn.
Police determined the trailer was stolen and arrested the driver, later identified as 36-year-old Scott Smith, of West Nipissing.
A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a small amount of suspected crack cocaine.
Smith was charged with:
Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
Theft over $5,000
Possession of a Schedule I substance
He was released and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on Dec. 4.
