A 42 year old Chinese national who travelled from Vanuatu has been arrested in Fiji.
The suspect was carrying undeclared currency totally FJD $35,000.
The Fiji Times reports the woman arrived from Vanuatu at 2pm last Wednesday with the undeclared currency staged in her luggage.
Customs Officers at the Nausori Airport felt suspicious and after examining her baggage recovered various currencies amounting to $35,000.
The currencies found on the Chinese national were United States (USD), Fijian (FJD), Chinese (CHD), Hong Kong (HKD), Solomon and Vanuatu dollars.
Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority (FRCA) Chief Executive Officer Visvanath Das said under Section 32 (1) of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act 2004, any person leaving or arriving into the country with more than $10,000 should declare it to FRCA or face a fine of up to $60,000 or an imprisonment of up to 10 years or both.
"A number of people have also been fined and incarcerated for currency smuggling in the past few months," Mr Das said.