A driver whose cannabis wasn’t properly sealed was issued a $230 ticket by West Shore RCMP.
Officers found 23 grams of cannabis in a Ziploc bag on the front passenger seat after stopping a vehicle for a traffic violation on Wednesday. There was also a strong odour of the substance coming from the vehicle, and the motorist could not produce a driver’s licence.
“Under the Cannabis Control Licensing Act, cannabis can be transported in a vehicle but it must be sealed in its original federal packaging,” West Shore RCMP Const. Nancy Saggar said in a statement. “If the package is open it must not be accessible to the driver or passengers while driving,
“If you are going to travel with cannabis in the vehicle, the safest place to put it is in your trunk and not on your front seat.”
Laws for transporting liquor are similar, she said.
The driver got a warning for not producing a driver’s licence and the cannabis was seized.
