18 days ago
52kg of cocaine stolen from Fiji evidence room, half replaced with flour
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. ABC Australia and RNZ are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 09:30 UTC. 8 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “52kg of cocaine stolen from Fiji evidence room, half replaced with flour”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Fiji Police have confirmed another 12. 9 kilograms of cocaine stored at a high court evidence room is missing, bringing the total to more than 52kg of cocaine now unaccounted-for.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
32kg of cocaine held in Fiji court's evidence room replaced with flour
- Picked up by ABC Australia
- New development reported by ABC Australia
Cocaine bricks worth $10m replaced with flour in Fiji drug trial
- New development reported by RNZ
'A sad indictment': Flour replaces nearly 40kg of cocaine exhibit in Fiji court
- New development reported by ABC Australia
- Picked up by ABC Australia
52kg of cocaine stolen from Fiji evidence room, half replaced with flour
- severity changed
The assessed event severity changed.
Same story, different outlets
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