RCMP release:

West Hants RCMP has charged one man with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and seized drug paraphernalia from a vehicle after a traffic stop.

On November 22 at approximately 4:40 p.m., West Hants RCMP received a report of a suspected impaired driver on Hwy. 14. Officers located the vehicle, which was pulled over and running, near Gypsum Mines. The officer noted signs of impairment from the driver, who was the only person in the vehicle, and observed drug paraphernalia on the front passenger seat.

The driver, who was identified as 27-year-old Colton Wile of Vaughan, was arrested and transported to the West Hants RCMP Detachment, where a drug evaluation was completed by a qualified Drug Recognition Expert. Wile is charged with a total of five offences: Operation while Impaired by Drug and four counts of Failure to Comply with Probation Order.

Since Wile’s arrest on November 22, investigators have also collected the evidence needed to charge him on another file, related to property crime at an elementary school in Hants County. He has been charged with Break and Enter and Theft, and Failure to Comply with Probation Order related to a theft of furnace oil which occurred on November 12.

Wile had a first court appearance at Windsor Provincial Court on November 23 and was remanded in custody pending future court dates. 

Both of these incidents are still under investigation. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact West Hants RCMP at 902-798-2207. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.