OPP: Annual Pottahawk weekend event sees 50 charges laid but no serious incidents

NORFOLK COUNTY, ON – More than 50 charges from stunt driving to speeding  may have been laid at the popular Pottahawk weekend event at Pottahawk Point this past weekend but Ontario Provincial Police said all incidents were minor and there were no serious incidents. OPP estimated the crowd at the annual event in Norfolk County to include 450 boats and 2,500 people from Saturday to Sunday. The OPP’s marine unit laid 12  Liquor Licence and Control Act charges and 10 Canada Shipping Act charges . One person was charged with impaired operation. OPP also laid a total of 32 charges under the Highway traffic Act and two Liquor Licence and Control Act charges on land inclkuding a driver charged with stunt driving and 24 others faced speeding charges.  “Norfolk County…

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