Pubdate: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 Source: National Post (Canada) Copyright: 2011 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/wEtbT4yU Website: http://www.nationalpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/286 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.