RCMP arrests two vehicle occupants after responding to call for service in Carbonear

Harbour Grace RCMP arrested two individuals after responding to a call for service in Carbonear on Friday.

Shortly before 9:00 a.m. police received a request to assist paramedics who were responding to reports of an unresponsive man and woman, both found in a vehicle on Lemarchant Street in Carbonear.

Police attended the scene and observed the unresponsive occupants inside the vehicle. A man was in the driver's seat with the engine running and the vehicle still in gear. An officer put the vehicle in park and turned off the engine.

The driver, a 36-year-old Carbonear man, became responsive and displayed signs of drug impairment. He was arrested and was transported to Carbonear General Hospital, where blood samples were obtained as part of a drug-impaired driving investigation. Officers await the results of the testing to determine if charges of drug-impaired driving are appropriate.

The passenger, a 33-year-old Bell Island woman, was found in breach of conditions of a release order and she was arrested.

Various illicit and prescription drugs, drug paraphernalia and other items consistent with drug trafficking were seized from the vehicle, along with a number of weapons. The vehicle was seized and impounded.

Both individuals were held in police custody and later released.