The Halifax District RCMP Traffic Unit has charged a man with stunting on Hwy. 101 in Lower Sackville.

On August 15, at approximately 11:45 p.m., the Halifax District RCMP Traffic Unit was conducting traffic enforcement on Hwy. 101, near Lower Sackville, when they observed a vehicle on radar travelling at 167 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.

RCMP officers completed a traffic stop of the vehicle. The driver, a 19-year-old Lower Sackville man, was charged with Stunting. The charge includes a 7-day driver’s license suspension along with a $1,250 fine.

The vehicle was seized while the driver and passenger waited for a safe ride to their destination.

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Source: Release