悉尼——斐济警方9月29日表示，作为一起重大毒品案件证据存放在法院的数公斤可卡因不翼而飞。据媒体报道，这些价值约3100万美元（约合3970万新元）的毒品被换成了面粉。
SYDNEY – Several kilograms of cocaine held as evidence in a major Fiji drug case have gone missing from a court, police said on Sept 29, with media saying the drug, valued at about US$31 million (S$39.7 million), was swopped out for flour.
媒体称，在太平洋岛国首都苏瓦高等法院被盗的毒品证物总计近40公斤。
The drug exhibits stolen from the High Court in Suva, the capital of the Pacific island nation, amounted to nearly 40kg, media said.
9月15日，警方在发现证据室内的39块可卡因中有7块丢失后展开了调查。
Police began investigating after the Sept 15 discovery of the theft of seven out of 39 cocaine bars from an evidence room.
警方在9月29日的一份声明中表示，对剩余毒品的法医鉴定证实证物已被篡改，并补充说他们将传唤一名据称在海外的相关人员进行问话。
Forensic tests on the remaining drugs confirmed that exhibits had been tampered with, police said in a statement on Sept 29, adding that they would question a person of interest who was allegedly overseas.
警方表示：“所有证物都遭到了篡改，调查重点是那些直接负责高等法院登记处证物管理的人员。”
“The exhibits were all tampered with and the investigation is focused on those directly charged with the management of the exhibits at the High Court registry,” police said.
斐济新闻网站Fiji Village称，其余的32块毒品已被填充了面粉。斐济司法部长西罗米·图拉加表示，肇事者将受到法律的严惩。
The Fiji Village news outlet said the remaining 32 bars had been filled with flour. Those responsible for the theft would face the full force of the law, said Justice Minister Siromi Turaga.
他在接受Fiji One新闻采访时说：“这令人震惊……没有人能逃脱惩罚。”他补充说，这并非首次发生此类事件。目前尚不清楚违规者将面临何种惩罚。
“It’s shocking... no one will be spared,” he told news outlet Fiji One, adding it was not the first such instance. It was not immediately clear what punishment offenders face.
媒体称，这些可卡因是2019年从斐济裔加拿大人约书亚·阿齐兹·拉赫曼（Joshua Aziz Rahman）处查获的，在他对2021年的定罪和判决提出上诉期间，这些毒品一直作为证据存放在法院。
Media said the cocaine was seized from Fiji-Canadian national Joshua Aziz Rahman in 2019 and stored at the court as evidence while he appealed against his 2021 conviction and sentence.
斐济警方表示，自2018年以来，涉及甲基苯丙胺（冰毒）和可卡因等毒品的案件激增。
Fiji police have said cases involving drugs such as methamphetamine and cocaine have surged since 2018.
联合国在2024年的一份报告中指出，斐济已成为太平洋地区的毒品贩运中心。
In 2024, the United Nations said Fiji had emerged as a regional hub for drug trafficking in the Pacific.
报告还显示，2023年与毒品相关的逮捕人数（主要涉及冰毒）增加了两倍多。
The number of drug arrests, mainly linked to methamphetamine, more than tripled in 2023, it added in a report.