CUSTOMS and the Navy should be patrolling Fiji’s far-flung islands more than they can presently do given its meagre resources, says Opposition MP Lenora Qereqeretabua.
She said hard drugs had infiltrated Fiji’s cities, schools and communities.
Speaking in Parliament today, Ms Qereqeretabua claimed Fiji’s porous borders had over the last 10 years allowed criminal elements to flood Fiji with this cancer.
“So instead of strengthening the powers and resources of our border control by the Navy and Customs, we had the millions of dollars in freebies given away last year before the elections,” the Opposition MP said.
“These cartels are probably dropping off drugs on isolated islands, showing up at ports of entries to go through Customs and Immigration, then going back to the hidden drugs to carry on with business as usual.”
Read more reports from the Parliament proceedings in tomorrow’s edition of The Fiji Times.
