The Police Internal Affairs Unit is now investigating a complaint filed by a woman that she and her husband were allegedly stripped naked by officers at the Labasa Market area.
They claim that they were stripped in an area where members of the public could see them.
Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro has confirmed that they received a report and investigations are underway.
The couple who are market vendors are claiming that they were strip searched at the market master’s office and the market police post as police believed that they were carrying drugs.
When asked on whether a female police officer had searched the woman, Naisoro said they are not going to make any other comments and will have to let the investigators conduct their work.
