Pacific news in brief for April 11
News round-up from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, French Polynesia, Tonga, Samoa, Guam
Source: rnz.co.nz
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Local offenders jailed for roles in handling cocaine washed up on Vava'u beaches
Eight local people in Vava’u were sentenced to between three years to 13.5 years imprisonment for their opportunistic roles in handling blocks of cocaine from a large shipment, found washed up on 'Otualea Beach there in 2021. They were caught in an investigation that started when children at Holeva picked up a brick of cocaine on the beach and handed it in to authorities.
Source: matangitonga.to
Eight jailed for cocaine washed up on Tongan beach
The estimated 36kgs of cocaine washed ashore could be worth close to US$8.2 million on Australian market values. Not all of it was recovered.
Source: islandsbusiness.com