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Driver found asleep behind the wheel leads to trafficking and impaired driving charges: Windsor police

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Windsor police have laid drug trafficking and impaired driving charges against a man who was allegedly found asleep behind the wheel Sunday evening. 

Officers were called to the 200 block of Watson Avenue shortly after 7 p.m., following a report that a vehicle has been had been idling for over two hours, with someone appearing unresponsive in the driver’s seat.

Officers found a man slumped over at the wheel, with a clear plastic bag containing a suspected illicit drug visible on the driver’s lap. 

After waking the man, police say they observed signs of impairment and arrested the man for impaired driving.

A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded various amounts of crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, and oxycodone, along with a cellphone, two digital scales, and drug packaging materials.

A 23-year-old has been charged with:

  • Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely methamphetamine
  • Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely cocaine
  • Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking, namely oxycodone
  • Impaired operation of a conveyance