YARMOUTH: DRIVER NABBED FOR SMOKING POT WHILE WAITING AT SEATBELT CHECK

Mounties in Nova Scotia are still scratching their heads over a
Yarmouth driver who apparently waited out the line at a roadside stop
by lighting up a joint. "I can't get into this guy's mind, but he felt
comfortable enough to light a joint within eyesight of the police,"
RCMP Corporal Andy Hamilton told the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. Police
had set up a roadside seatbelt blitz last week on Hardscratch Road
when they noticed a motorist several cars down the line had started
smoking a marijuana cigarette.

"[He was] probably figuring he'd finish it off before he gets there
and no one will be the wiser," Cpl. Hamilton said. By the time he got
to the front of the line, the joint was gone, but police could smell
the lingering aroma of pot. The 20-something man confessed when police
asked him if he had done any drugs recently. He was charged with
marijuana possession, but police weren't able to charge him with
driving under the influence because it would require a urine test to
confirm, something difficult to do at a roadside seatbelt check.