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A fire of­fi­cer has been freed of a drunk dri­ving charge due to de­lays in pros­e­cut­ing his case.

The charge against as­sis­tant di­vi­sion­al fire of­fi­cer Adesh Har­ri­nar­ine was dis­missed by Mag­is­trate Mau­reen Ba­boolal-Gafoor dur­ing a hear­ing in the Port-of-Spain Mag­is­trates’ Court yes­ter­day.

Har­ri­nar­ine was charged af­ter po­lice of­fi­cers ad­min­is­tered a breathal­yser test on him at Wright­son Road in Port-of-Spain on Au­gust 31, 2023.