The alleged owner of the yacht in which cocaine and ammunition were found during a joint drug raid last Friday at the Denarau Marina, has been charged and will be produced in the Nadi Magistrates Court today.
Police say the accused who is a woman in her 40s has been charged with one count of unlawful importation of illicit drugs, one count of being found in possession of illicit drugs and one count of failure to declare firearms and ammunition.
Police say four people were initially taken into custody while a fifth suspect, a 45-year-old man was rushed to the Lautoka Hospital where he is still admitted in critical condition after he had allegedly consumed an unknown substance during the raid.
The other three have been questioned and released.
13 bars of cocaine weighing 15 kilograms and ecstasy tablets with an estimated value of $10 to 15 million US dollars was seized on Friday afternoon at Denarau Port by the authorities.
It is also confirmed that US$15,000 in undeclared currency, guns and ammunition were also found in the yacht.
