17 days ago
'A sad indictment': Flour replaces nearly 40kg of cocaine exhibit in Fiji court
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. RNZ and ABC Australia are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 09:30 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “'A sad indictment': Flour replaces nearly 40kg of cocaine exhibit in Fiji court”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Fiji police confirm forensic tests reveal 39 cocaine bars held at Suva High Court were tampered with, as the country's justice minister asks the public to "trust" the police investigations.
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
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.