The Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority is clamping down on currency smuggling.
FRCA CEO Visvanath Das says a number of people have been fined and incarcerated for currency smuggling in the past few months.
Das has also revealed that a 42-year-old Asian national has been arrested at Nausori Airport for currency smuggling.
The suspect arrived from Vanuatu to Fiji with $35,000 undeclared currency in her luggage.
Customs Officers at Nausori Airport felt suspicious and after examining her baggage recovered various currencies amounting to $35,000.
Das says under Section 32 (1) of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act 2004, any person leaving or arriving into the country with more than $10,000 should declare it to FRCA or face a fine of up to $60,000 or an imprisonment of up to 10 years or both.
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says the success of the joint partnership with FRCA continues to be felt in the criminal landscape.
Qiliho says when we are able to stop any form of criminal activity from entering our borders it is always an added bonus.
