A Toronto-area driver's facing drug trafficking and other charges after being stopped for speeding near Wawa.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say a northbound pickup truck was observed travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 17 in Bailloquet Township - just north of town - around 3:50 pm Wednesday afternoon.
The vehicle stopped, with investigation leading to the driver being arrested for possession of a small quantity of suspected crystalized methamphetamine - a subsequent search uncovered about 1.8 kilograms of suspected cocaine and about $3000 in currency.
Police say the 62-year-old driver from Etobicoke has been charged with two counts of possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking - one for cocaine, the other for "other drugs" - along with a charge of possession of property obtained by crime under $5000.
The driver's been released from custody with a court date in December.