Man arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Jan, 2024 12:58 PM
A man has been arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle after driving through a police traffic stop in Surrey.
Surrey R-C-M-P say they responded on January 3rd to reports of a suspected impaired driver near the 13-thousand-900 block of Fraser Highway.
Police with the help of a helicopter located the silver Mercedes S-U-V shortly after, but the driver drove through a police traffic stop and continued to operate recklessly.
Police say they were eventually able to arrest the 47-year-old male driver after he stopped in the parking lot of Willowbrook Mall in Langley
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