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Although hard to miss, a local pot smoker was oblivious to the presence of this police van beside him in traffic as he took a hit from his bong. (Photo Joe Fries)
By Joe Fries
Even the presence of a large police vehicle pulled up beside him wasn’t enough to distract a Sunday morning driver from his Sunday morning wake-and-bake.
An RCMP officer driving the Kelowna detachment’s prisoner escort van around 10:15 a.m. noticed the driver of black chevrolet coupe on Gordon Drive after he swerved while reaching for something beside him. The cop pulled up on the passenger side of the car at a red light to get a better look.
The officer watched in amazement as the 20-year-old man grabbed his bong, loaded it with pot, then took a hoot “with the policeman right there, not more than five feet away, watching everything that was going on,” Kelowna RCMP spokesman Const. Steve Holmes told reporters this morning.
Holmes was also dumbfounded by the driver’s obliviousness to the cop van beside him.
“It’s big, it’s white, it is fully marked with a light bar on it, strobe lights, and the large RCMP insignia on the doors,” Holmes remarked. “It is generally hard to miss.”
The driver was immediately pulled over and handed a 24-hour driving suspension to go along with a ticket for driving without reasonable driving consideration. A small amount of weed was recovered from the car.
joe@kelowna.com
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Caught red handed doing drugs, and worse yet, while driving. But still he gets a very light slap on the wrist, a 24 hour driving suspension and a ticket? It’s no wonder he wasn’t keeping an eye open for the cops, getting caught isn’t exactly a big deal! oohhh scary – a ticket and 24 hour suspension.
Our justice system has surely taught him a lesson and I’m sure he’ll NEVER do THAT again, right?? yeah right. I’ll probably get a bigger fine for watering my lawn too much this summer – and at least I’m not likely to kill someone while doing it.
I’m not blaming the RCMP, I think they do their jobs most of the time. Its the lawyers, courts & judges. They are the only ones who are being served here, ’cause it sure ain’t the public.
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So Impaired under the influence of drugs or alcohol … and the cop does not procee with a charge?
I think this cop should be reprimanded.
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Reprimanded for what? You think a court will convict someone of impaired driving for that? Get real.
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The whole drug war is a joke. People who text while drive are just as bad as this man not paying attention taking a hit from his bong.
Stop demonizing a harmless drug!
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at least this guy waited until he was stopped before lighting his bong… but, Busted Buddy, it’s actions like this that give weedsmokers a bad rep….
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