Fiji Police are questioning 4 individuals after the seizure of greater than 12 kilograms of cocaine that was filled with kava destined for abroad.
It comes nearly a month later one of many greatest busts of meth within the nation.
The Lautoka Police seized a carton containing 12 packets of silver from a resident who acquired the packet which was meant for assortment allegedly by an aviation worker, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime), Mesake Waqa, he mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
He mentioned the sealed packages had been processed on the Police Forensic Laboratory the place it revealed that the 12 bars of white substances had been filled with kava.
He mentioned that the white substance was examined, and the outcomes had been constructive for cocaine in presumptive and confirmatory assessments, weighing greater than 12 kg.
A group from CID headquarters with Lautoka CID is conducting the investigation, and 4 individuals are presently in custody for questioning on the Lautoka police station, Waqa mentioned on Sunday.
Police say the seizure was made doable after they had been alerted by the group.
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