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Police are working with authorities to ensure Zombie drug issue in the country is addressed - Lalabalavu

Police are working with authorities to ensure Zombie drug issue in the country is addressed - Lalabalavu

By Shanil Singh
02/10/2019

The Fiji Police Force Drugs and Substance Abuse Unit Officer, Alisi Lalabalavu says the Zombie drug is already in the country and Police are working with other authorities to ensure the issue is addressed and drug rehabilitation centres are in place.

While speaking at the Vodafone ATH Foundation Workshop, Lalabalavu says 40 million dollars worth of hard drugs were seized by Police last year.

She also says Zombie is the same drug that has caused 25 deaths in New Zealand.

Lalabalavu says that there has been a huge increase in methamphetamine cases where there were 148 arrests in 2012, 1,440 drug seizures in 2018 and the number is still increasing so far this year.

The ABC has reported that the Zombie drug which is scientifically known as Desomorphine or Flakka on the streets has led to some users attempting to bite into the flesh of others in Australia.

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