An Ontario Provincial Police officer who was set to go on trial in a Toronto court Monday on charges of accepting secret benefits and breach of trust had those charges withdrawn last month at the Crown’s request.

Mohammed Hussain, 58, was charged in 2021 as part of a large-scale investigation into the GTA’s problem-plagued towing industry. At the time of his arrest, he was a 24-year veteran working out of the OPP’s Toronto detachment.