Breach

Acting Commissioner of Police, Rusiate Tudravu said the Vanuatu nationals were arrested for drinking alcohol at Raiwai, Suva.

The Fiji Times reports Tudravu said alcohol and kava consumption continues to be linked to breach of curfew arrests and health restrictions as the majority of those arrested were found drunk.

This is the second time Vanuatu nationals have been arrested for breaching curfew orders since Fiji’s second wave of COVID-19 cases began two months ago.

Ten students were fined FJ$300 each by the Magistrates Court in Suva last month.

Prince Joachim was issued with the penalty for failing to observe a 14-day quarantine period after arriving in the country.

The prince, 28, arrived in Spain for an internship on 24 May, but attended a gathering in the southern city of Córdoba two days later.

He has since apologised.

"I deeply regret my actions," the prince said in a statement after reports about the party emerged in Spanish media late last month. He added that he would "accept the consequences".

He has 15 days to pay the fine, in which case the amount will be reduced by half.