Possession charges laid following traffic stops

An argument that escalated at a fast food restaurant in the city on Feb. 14 involved two adult patrons. A 22-year-old man threatened another male, so when Estevan Police Service personnel arrived they arrested the 22-year-old and charged him with intimidation and carrying a prohibited weapon.

During a routine traffic stop that same night, EPS members detected a strong marijuana odour in the vehicle, which led to a search that unveiled 19 grams of marijuana belonging to a 30-year-old man who was charged with being in possession of less than 30 grams of the controlled substance. He now has a March 17 court date.

On Feb. 16, EPS applied a 24-hour driving suspension to one person who registered a warning on a roadside breathalyzer test after being pulled over for some erratic driving activity.

EPS members say charges are pending against an 18-year-old male following activities at a house party involving a 17-year-old woman on Feb. 16.

That same night, police were called out in response to several false alarm incidents across the city.

On the night of Feb. 17, a 21-year-old male truck driver was charged with being in possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana after he was stopped on the northwest side of the city.

A report of a possible impaired driver in the central part of the city led to a police patrol in the region that resulted in a vehicle being stopped on 13^th Avenue. The male driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving and driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent. The man was later released into the care of a sober friend and will appear in court at a later date.

About the time police were wrapping up this matter, they were asked to respond to another call regarding a possibly impaired driver who was entering the east side of the city. The vehicle was stopped in the 500 block of Fourth Street and when a breathalyzer test was administered the male driver did not register over the .08 legal limit but did have some alcohol in his system. Police discovered the driver had a probationary status so his driver's licence was suspended for 30 days and a female passenger was charged for having open alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Later that same night, police responded to another call regarding a noise complaint that was tended to and then reacted to another complaint regarding suspicious activity near a department store on the northeast side of the city. Police checked the matter out and discovered that the activity centred around a construction worker who was doing some night work on the site so no further policing action was required.