A 29-year old man will be produced in the Labasa Magistrates Court today.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Livai Driu says arrests for unlawful possession of illicit drugs involving children are highly linked to children being targeted by suppliers.

The illicit drug trade has found a strong foothold among the younger generation, with individuals between the ages of 16 and 25 being the most vulnerable.

The Fiji Police Force recorded a 10 percent decrease in overall crime in its last financial year from August 1st 2022 to July 31st 2023.

Theft is the most common offense committed in the Province of Bua, with 329 cases registered by the Fiji Police Force over the last five years.

A student is being questioned by Police following the discovery of a substance believed to be marijuana.

A man who raped a six-year-old girl has been sentenced to 13 years and three months by the Lautoka High Court.

A joint investigation between the Fiji Police Force and New Zealand Police has resulted in the successful conviction of a prominent local businessman Umarji Aiyaz Mohammed Musa.

A 19-year-old man who allegedly murdered a 25-year-old man along Carnarvon Street in Suva last Friday has been remanded in custody.

The latest rape statistics released by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for last month, shows that out of the 27 victims, two of them were male and 19 were under the age of 18.

The 31-year-old woman alleged to have stabbed her de facto partner in their home in Naviago, Lautoka on Sunday morning has been charged.

A father of eight who raped a teenager has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Suva High Court.