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B.C. man says he was ‘only smoking marijuana’ when pulled over for impaired driving

Summary by Chek News
Mounties say an alleged impaired driver who was pulled over for having a glass pipe in his mouth tried to defend himself by claiming he was “only smoking marijuana” while he was behind the wheel. The driver, a 56-year-old man from Kelowna, was pulled over around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 6 after passing a BC Highway Patrol vehicle with a pipe in his mouth along Harvey Avenue. “When the man was pulled over, he claimed he was ‘only’ smoking marijuana,” s…
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Chek news broke the news in Victoria, Canada on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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