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Ottawa police stopped 2,640 cars Thursday night as the beefed-up RIDE checks continued, but they haven’t busted a pot user yet.

The officers did 10 roadside breath tests and found one driver in the range that draws a suspension.

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They also did three field sobriety tests which involve looking at a driver’s eyes and making him or her perform tests of balance and co-ordination.

No drivers were found to be impaired by drugs.

More “MEGA” RIDE checks are planned for Friday night and probably over the weekend, a pattern followed by many Ontario police forces.

Thursday, police on both sides of the Ottawa River have yet to register their first impaired-by-cannabis offence since recreational marijuana use was legalized Wednesday.

Ottawa police said Thursday two major RIDE checks were set up Wednesday evening in which a total of 574 vehicles were stopped. The checks began at about 8 at King Edward Avenue near the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge and around 10:30 at Castlefrank Road near the eastbound ramp to Highway 417.