When a drunk taxi passenger refused to wear a mask, touched the driver's face and ignored requests to follow COVID-19 safety rules as the New Year began, the cabbie changed course and dropped the man off at police headquarters in Victoria, B.C., officers say. The taxi driver called 911 at about 1 a.m. PT Friday to report the belligerent passenger, according to a release from the Victoria Police Department. The driver then drove to the police station at 850 Caledonia Ave., where officers from the patrol and traffic sections were waiting to greet the passenger. Police allege the man refused to leave the vehicle and had to be removed by the officers before he was taken into custody. Victoria police say they received more than a dozen reports about parties in people's homes or hotel rooms on New Year's Eve.

Source: CBC News January 01, 2021 22:52 UTC