DUI charges in Cobourg

An Oshawa woman is facing several charges after police in Northumberland arrested a drunk driver.

Officers from the Northumberland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police received reports June 3 of a black Buick SUV being driven by a driver that was possibly impaired. Officers later located the vehicle in the parking lot of a business on County Road 45 that sold liquor and beer.

According to police, the driver was arrested and taken to the Cobourg detachment for further tests, and was charged as a result.

A 41-year-old Oshawa female has been charged with impaired care and control of a motor vehicle, and having care and control of a motor vehicle while her blood alcohol  content exceeded 80mg per 100 mL of blood.