SEGUIN TOWNSHIP: Ontario Provincial Police say a 58-year-old Manitoba man is facing charges following the seizure of contraband cigarettes in central Ontario.
Police say officers responded to a 911 call on Dec. 29 about a car in the centre median of Highway 400 in Seguin Township, about 220 kilometres north of Toronto.
Investigators say the driver was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
As a result of the investigation, police allege 20,000 unmarked cigarettes were seized from the vehicle.
Henry Hacault of Winnipeg is charged with possession of unmarked cigarettes, and interfering with traffic.
Hacault is to appear in court in Parry Sound, Ont., on Feb. 2.
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