Fiji Sun

Road upgrade, FRA cautions public

Court acquits teacher

- Ashna Kumar Edited by Ivamere Nataro

Members of the public are advised to exercise caution when using the Queen Elizabeth Drive as upgrade work is being carried out along the area.

The Fiji Roads Authority, in a statement, said it was also constructi­ng a new bridge, and the project would take two years to complete.

The authority says safety is its number one priority.

A suspended 26-year-old school teacher, who was found in possession of illicit drugs, has been acquitted from all charges by the Magistrate­s Court in Suva. Waseem Zafar Khan appeared before Magistrate Liyanage Wickramase­kara yesterday charged by Police with two counts of found in possession of illicit drugs. It was alleged that Khan on January 4, 2020, at

IN COURT

Raiwaqa, without lawful authority was in possession of 0.918 grams of methamphet­amine and 5.5 grams of cannabis sativa, both illicit drugs.

Magistrate Wickramase­kara found there was no case to answer because there was no evidence and witnesses produced by the prosecutio­n.He dismissed the charges and acquitted Khan accordingl­y.

Ashna Kumar

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 ?? Photo: Ronald Kumar ?? Work on the widening of the road along Queen Elizabeth Drive continues on June 24, 2020.
Photo: Ronald Kumar Work on the widening of the road along Queen Elizabeth Drive continues on June 24, 2020.

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