Drug dealer nabbed after improper right turn, tossing drugs in front of cop: police

A Hamilton man is facing several drug and driving charges after allegedly making an improper rightturn on a red light, then tossing drugs out his window while being followed by a cop.

It happened just before 10:30 a.m., at the intersection of Upper Ottawa Street and Rymal Road East.

That's where an officer was set up to monitor improper red light turns, when he noticed a white Ford van "commit an infraction," a police news release says.

As police followed the van, two plastic bags were tossed out of the driver's side window, investigators say. Not long after, the vehicle came to a stop.

The officer spoke with the driver, who couldn't produce a licence or registration. The officer then tracked down the plastic bags, and found they contained several different illicit drugs, police say including cocaine, methamphetamine, Percocet, hydromorphone, and cannabis resin.

The officer later found the driver was also currently under two driver's licence suspensions.

A 39-year-old Hamilton man now faces charges of drug possession and driving while under suspension.