NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BALDWIN TOWNSHIP - A team effort involving the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), assisted by the East Algoma OPP, the OPP's Northeast Canine Unit, and the Mississauga First Nation Police Service, successfully led to the arrest of a wanted driver who had fled from police.
On Dec. 18, 2024 at around 8:45 a.m., officers from the Manitoulin OPP were conducting routine patrols on Highway 17 in Baldwin Township when their automatic license plate reader (ALPR) flagged a wanted person.
Police attempted to pull over the vehicle east of the Town of Webbwood, but the sedan fled at a high rate of speed.
A short time later, the vehicle was located. As a result of the investigation Saif Alganahi, 26 years old from London, was arrested and charged with:
- Fail to comply with probation order
- Operation while prohibited
- Fail to stop for police
- Careless driving
- Use plate not authorized for vehicle
The accused is scheduled to appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola on Feb. 3, 2025.
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