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A test by a drug recognition expert leads to impaired driving charges

The Carlyle RCMP has released details on a drug recognition expert (DRE) test leading to an arrest and charges last week. The detachment responded to a complaint of a possible drug-impaired driver on Oct. 10 at approximately 1:45 p.m.

The Carlyle RCMP has released details on a drug recognition expert (DRE) test leading to an arrest and charges last week.

The detachment responded to a complaint of a possible drug-impaired driver on Oct. 10 at approximately 1:45 p.m. The vehicle was stopped in the Arcola area and the adult male driver and lone occupant was tested by a qualified DRE RCMP member.

The test supported an impaired driving charge, and a subsequent search of the vehicle obtained an illegally altered firearm, believed to have been stolen.

Lindsay Cote, 41, of the White Bear First Nation is charged with a number of offences, including impaired driving, driving while prohibited, unsafe storage of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, defacing a serial number on a firearm, possessing a firearm while prohibited from doing so, and two counts of breach of a probation.

All charges are under the Criminal Code.

Cote will appear in court in Estevan Provincial Court on Oct. 15 to answer to the charges.