Ontario Provincial Police fined an Ottawa driver for carrying thousands of empty cans in the trunk of his car.

Police say the driver was stopped on the 417 freeway around 2 p.m. Friday when an officer noticed several trash bags precariously tied to the roof of a pickup truck and hanging from the trunk.

"The driver estimated there were about 3,000 empty cans in there," police tweeted.

The driver was also seen walking on the side of the highway, picking up cans that had fallen from his vehicle and created a traffic hazard, according to police officer Michael Fatehi.

This man was fined $160 for unsafe cargo.

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