INTEGRITY was a huge challenge in the trial of those convicted in the 4.15 tonnes of methamphetamine case, said Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions John Rabuku
“If we have integrity of investigation, when police officers do their job because they know what their job is, it makes it easier for us prosecutors to prosecute this case,” Mr Rabuku told the media outside the High Court in Lautoka yesterday.
“And of course on-going training and on-going collaboration with stakeholders and other countries like Australia, New Zealand is always a plus for us here in the region.
“I can’t over emphasise the need for integrity across the board, from enforcers which may involve the police, military, narcotics division and of course the Office of the DPP as the ultimate prosecutors at the end of the day.”
Acknowledging the work of the police in this case, Mr Rabuku said: “it’s the biggest drug bust across the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand”.
“And they (Australia and New Zealand) have never done something of this magnitude.
“There are some lessons that we have learned along the way, and we want to sit down with them at some stage after this to do a debriefing and to tell them how we can improve.
“Because we think that it’s only going to get worse or get more of these cases coming through.”
