A 65-year-old woman from Field faces drug-related charges after being stopped at a RIDE check.

Nipissing West OPP said officers were set up on Highway 539 when a vehicle came through around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The driver was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant from Hamilton Police Service and a search of the vehicle located drugs suspected to be methamphetamine and oxycodone, with an estimated street value of $14,000.

Annette McKeen, 65, from Field, was charged with possession hard drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused was held for bail court then remanded back into custody, and was scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay today (Sept. 11).

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