The Fiji Police Force is calling on faith-based organizations and community leaders to work together in addressing drug-related harm and preventing crime across the country.

The suspended police officer and his defector partner, who are facing charges for the alleged assault of a child, have been remanded in custody by the Nasinu Magistrates Court.

Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says police cannot confirm how a person of interest in the missing cocaine investigation left Fiji, or whether the person is related to a high-ranking official.

More than 11,000 plants of marijuana have been uprooted from a farming area in Nasuva, as drug operations continue across the country.

The Fiji Police Force is warning against misinformation and unverified accusations on social media.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says investigations into missing and potentially tampered drug exhibits are ongoing.

Five men have been arrested, and more than 1,000 suspected marijuana plants have been uprooted in separate police operations.

A former PEMAC school teacher appeared at the Suva High Court and took his plea charged of sexual assault and of a high school female student in a school in Suva this year.

Three people, including two lawyers and an accounts officer, will appear in the Suva Magistrates Court today over the alleged falsification and use of forged documents.

The men alleged to have robbed a taxi driver along Sukanaivalu Road in Nabua on Sunday were remanded by the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday.

The man allegedly involved in an assault on a woman at a shop in Ba on September 2, which was captured on video, has been charged and produced in court.

Two separate incidents involving serious assault and excessive alcohol consumption have prompted the Fiji Police Force to once again warn members of the public about the dangers of drinking excessively.