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Fiji’s police force is strengthening its border policing efforts to keep an eye on people entering the country with hard drugs.
Police Commissioner Esala Teleni said his department had taken pre-emptive measures following government’s decision to open travel routes to more overseas destinations.
Fiji’s national carrier Air Pacific launches flights to Hong Kong today amid some concerns about the possibility of attracting criminal elements.
Teleni told FijiLive that his department had already begun to strengthen its position at the Nadi International Airport.
“We’re working on our intelligence capacity and I don’t see it as a problem but it maybe a challenge to us,” he said.
He said police were monitoring people coming into the country with the help of Immigration and Customs.
He said hard drugs were not a problem for Fiji presently but they were ready to deal with the problem if it did arise.
