A retired Winnipeg couple received a ticket for talking on a cellular device while driving, but they say they've never owned a cellphone.
Laszlo Piszker, 74, and his wife were driving home after going for lunch when they got pulled over by police.
"I (said) to him, ‘What's the matter?' He says, ‘We've been seeing you on the phone,'" said Piszker.
"I said, ‘Don't try to kid me,'" said Piszker. "I don't even have a (cellphone)."
Piszker and his wife said they don't care much for technology.
They don't have the internet or even an answering machine.
They told officers they could search their vehicle for a cellphone, but instead they were handed a ticket for $199.80.
When the couple first refused to take the ticket, officers said they could be arrested.
"I'm just upset about this. I got in the car and said to Laszlo, ‘Take the ticket,'" said Margaret Piszker, Laszlo's wife.
The two believe the officers who ticketed them were trying to fulfill a ticket quota.
"They were going to give us a ticket come hell or high water and that was it," said Margaret.
"We are going to fight it. I'm not going to take that," said Laszlo.
He and his wife said they're going to fight the ticket in court if they have to, and there's talk about calling lifelong friends to testify the couple does not own a cellphone.
Winnipeg police issued a statement on Tuesday.
"The Winnipeg Police Service has conducted a review of this incident and has information that is contradictory to the information that has been depicted in the local media," said police.
In the statement, police said officers were about seven to eight feet away from the vehicle, "when they observed a male driver of a vehicle with a cell phone held to his ear." Police then activated sirens and lights and pulled the vehicle over.
In the statement, officers said they would not be commenting further as the matter is before the courts.
- with a report from CTV's Stacey Ashley
