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Drug charges against communications officer withdrawn

December 3, 2019 7:05 am

A 52-year-old communications officer charged with allegedly importing illicit drugs namely marijuana is a free woman now.

This after the charges against Deborah Singh was withdrawn due to a lack of evidence.

She was charged with one count of unlawful possession of an illicit drug and one count of unlawful importation of illicit drugs.

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Singh was arrested in August at the Suva Post Office upon receiving two candles from the United States allegedly containing 1.1 grams of marijuana.

The contents of the parcel were tested and proved positive for illicit drugs.