The Transnational Crime Unit has arrested and charged a Pakistani national for allegedly failing to declare the amount of money he was taking with him overseas.

The man who is a Company Director in Vatuwaqa was found to be carrying more than $16,000, exceeding the amount set by the Reserve Bank of Fiji.

The maximum amount that can be brought or taken out of the country is $10,000.

The man failed to declare the amount to the Immigration and the Transnational Crime Unit.

He is expected to appear in the Nadi Magistrates court later today.