Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew said Fiji Police would not act on information provided by anonymous informants until the details were verified.

He was responding to questions from FBC News regarding an email sent to him and copied to local media, in which someone claimed to have written to the former interior minister, military commander, police commissioner by Acting Director of Narcotics and other officers regarding some of the people transporting drugs.

The anonymous person claimed that the alleged drug haul had been underway since August 20 this year and even named those involved and detailed the registration of the motor vehicles allegedly involved in the process.

Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew confirmed that the anonymous person had sent information, but when asked to call the relevant police unit for follow-up and further verification, he did not did not respond.

“We have had similar cases before and when the team checked, they found that it was a personal matter between both parties, but they wanted to use the police in such a situation to harass the other part. This amounts to giving false information,” he said.

“Anyone can give information about a particular car or name, but we must do due diligence before a search or search is legally conducted. We do not want the FPF to be prosecuted for unnecessary conduct in such a similar situation.

“Our team has again asked this anonymous tipster to call us but so far no calls have been received. Regardless, the team is tracking this information again.