A driver who claimed he was run off the road instead received a ticket for transporting cannabis.

In the early morning hours of April 7, police were dispatched to the report of a suspicious vehicle stuck on a boulevard. Morden Police Service officers attended the scene and spoke to the driver who explained a vehicle had run him off the roadway.

Police investigated and located a bottle of liquor in the vehicle and a small quantity of marijuana on the driver.

The man was issued a ticket for unlawful transportation of cannabis which carries a fine of $237.