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Two men to front court over possible taxi permit scam

July 27, 2017 1:15 am

A thirty-four-year-old man and a sixteen-year-old will be produced at the Nasinu Magistrates Court today charged with obtaining financial advantage by deception.

The duo were allegedly involved in a taxi permit scam.

The two are alleged to have arranged to provide a taxi permit to a man for the sum of two thousand six hundred dollars.

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They had arranged to meet in Valelevu however prior to that police were alerted of the meeting by the victim.

Officers from Valelevu arrested the two earlier this week.