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And one driver learned that the hard way in Langford Thursday afternoon after an officer handed over a $575 fine for tossing a cigarette out of a vehicle window.
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The ticket was issued at approximately 2:40 p.m. near the Veterans Memorial Parkway and Goldstream Avenue intersection, which is also where the detachment happens to be located.
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Back in July, another driver was handed the same fine for doing the exact same thing outside of the detachment on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
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