A 19-year-old woman will be produced in the Lautoka Magistrates Court this afternoon for allegedly falsifying information to police about being abducted by three men over the weekend.
Police say the accused informed Lautoka Police that she was allegedly abducted by three unknown men from the Lautoka Wharf last Saturday afternoon and taken to a house in Nadi.
She revealed she was allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted.
Police say she further claimed that she regained consciousnesss in another flat and managed to escape to a nearby cane field and sought help from neighbors and asked for clothes and money.
She reported the matter personally at the Lautoka Police Station where she and officers were deployed to conduct preliminary investigations.
Police say during the course of investigations, the claims could not be verified and witnesses had come forward alleging she was seen in Lautoka City and medical reports have proven the alleged sexual assault claims to be false.
The accused has been charged with one count of giving false information to a public servant.
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