A Nadi businessman will appear in the Tavua Magistrates Court today after being charged in relation to the unlawful importation of illicit drugs, namely cocaine, seized in January this year in Vatia.
Police say following consultations with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the accused has been formally charged with one count of unlawful importation of illicit drugs, one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs and one count of possession of properties suspected of being proceeds of crime.
They say the accused is alleged to have with others between the 1st November 2025 to the 15th of January, 2026 facilitated and unlawfully imported into Fiji more than 2.6 tonnes of cocaine.
Police say it is further alleged that during the same period, the accused at Vatia Wharf, Tavua, was unlawfully in possession of the said drugs.
They say on Friday, a search conducted at his residence in Nadi led to the discovery and seizure of large sums of local and foreign currencies suspected to be proceeds of crime.
