The Fiji Police Force made a total of 39 arrests in relation to methamphetamine between the month of January to August this year.
In a statement, they said statistics showed that of these 39 arrests, 10 were made in April alone, eight in August, six in March and July, four in May and June while February recorded one arrest.
However, statistics showed that for the past five years from 2017 to 2021, a total of 292 arrests were made where 89 of the arrests were submitted, with a total 11.23kg of methamphetamine seized worth $5.6 million.
The year 2020 recorded the highest number of arrests whereby 100 arrests were made in relation to methamphetamine, 2019 followed with 92 arrests, 46 arrests in 2018, 43 arrests in 2021 and 11 arrests in 2017.
Statistics also showed that arrests were also made through the detection of methamphetamine by Customs and the Fiji Detector Dog Unit, which is a collaboration between Fiji Police Force, Customs and the New Zealand Police.
Of this type of arrests, two were made in 2017, four in 2019, three in 2020 and four in 2021.
Between the years 2017 to 2021, the Australian Federal Police and the US detected and made two arrests in relation to methamphetamine being imported to Fiji.
