A Kitchener cab driver is facing numerous charges after Wellington OPP spotted a man outside a taxi cab drinking a beer in Guelph-Eramosa Township just after midnight Saturday.

On June 25, at about 12:20 a.m., an officer was patrolling Highway 7 near the Woolwich-Guelph Town Line, Guelph-Eramosa Township when he pulled into the rest area. The officer observed a taxi along with a man standing outside the vehicle drinking a beer.

When noticed by police, he got in to the passenger seat of the cab. During the investigation, he provided a false name and was not following a condition of a court order. He was arrested and brought to a local OPP Operations Centre.

The 46-year-old is charged with fail to comply with recognizance, obstructing police, personation with intent to avoid arrest,