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Tourist in court for hoax bomb threat

July 2, 2015 5:25 am

An Indian national appeared in the Nadi Magistrates Court today charged for making threats and false statements.

Swarup Das, who works as a chief officer in Perth, Australia confessed that he was making conversation with border security when he said he had a bomb and it’s going to detonate.

The incident happened on Tuesday and Das was detained, charged and brought to court today.

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He pleaded guilty to the offence and told the court that he’s planning to fly back to Australia tomorrow.

The 33-year-old is expected to be sentenced tomorrow.