Naem Ali, a 43-year old man of Point Fortin was ar­rest­ed for Dri­ving Un­der the In­flu­ence, re­sist­ing ar­rest, and as­sault­ing Po­lice of­fi­cers on Ju­ly 1st.
The ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed by PCs Nanan, Ram­lal and Wpc Tim­o­thy.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, while the of­fi­cers were on mo­bile pa­trol along Su­chit Trace, Pe­nal, they ob­served a grey Nis­san Fron­tier over­tak­ing a line of ve­hi­cles at high speed.

The of­fi­cers stopped the ve­hi­cle a short dis­tance away. The of­fi­cers de­tect­ed a strong al­co­hol smell, so they in­formed the dri­ver of their in­ten­tion to con­duct a breath­a­lyz­er test.

The dri­ver then at­tempt­ed to evade the test, there­by al­leged­ly as­sault­ing the two po­lice of­fi­cers.

Ali was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Pe­nal Po­lice Sta­tion. A breath­a­lyz­er was con­duct­ed at the sta­tion where it is al­leged he failed.

He was charged for the of­fence of dri­ving un­der the in­flu­ence, re­sist­ing ar­rest and as­sault­ing Po­lice of­fi­cers. He was grant­ed bail in the sum of $50,000 and is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore the court on Ju­ly 31st, 2020.