Police to investigate how a man arriving from Uruguay managed to smuggle himself into the Lautoka lockdown area

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Police to investigate how a man arriving from Uruguay managed to smuggle himself into the Lautoka lockdown area

By Naveel Krishant

Tuesday 07/04/2020

Police operations conducting checks at a checkpoint [image: Fiji police]

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says they will investigate as to how a man who had arrived from Uruguay had managed to smuggle himself into the Lautoka lockdown area.

The man had arrived into the country on the 24th of March from Uruguay, transiting through Singapore.

Qiliho had confirmed this morning that the test result of the man had returned negative for COVID-19.

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