High Court Refuses Taxi Driver's Bail Pending Trial In Cocaine Case

The High Court in Lautoka has refused bail for a Fijian taxi driver facing a limited retrial for having 49.9kilogrammes of cocaine in his possession.

Tuesday 21 February 2023 | 08:30

Ashna Kumar

Staff Writer

Josese Muriwaqa outside the Supreme Court of Fiji in Suva. Photo: Ashna Kumar

The High Court in Lautoka has refused bail for a Fijian taxi driver facing a limited retrial for having 49.9kilogrammes of cocaine in his possession.

Josese Muriwaqa filed an application for bail pending trial after the Supreme Court had ordered a limited retrial following the quashing of his conviction by the Supreme Court.

The court heard that the substantive case involved perhaps the largest haul of hard drugs ever seized by Police in Fiji. A quantity of 49.9 kg of cocaine had been seized from the car driven by Muriwaqa.