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.

The trial of a man accused of raping and sexually assaulting an airline cabin crew member began at the Lautoka High Court yesterday.

The State is still awaiting a post-mortem report in the alleged murder of a 55-year-old man in Labasa, with the matter facing further delays as toxicology testing is being carried out overseas.

A 59-year-old American accused of running a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme has been deported from Fiji to the United States to face federal charges.

Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested for alleged unlawful possession of illicit drugs believed to be marijuana.

More than two thousand plants believed to be marijuana have been seized in the Northern Division.