A Vanuatu court has fined a man $US500 for joking about having a gun in his bag at Port Vila's airport.
The French citizen had arrived from New Caledonia for a holiday with his family and made the joke while going through airport security.
RNZ reports he was charged with disrupting or alarming conduct at an airport, a violation of the country's Aviation Security Act, which carries a maximum fine of $US3,800.
The man pleaded guilty to the offence and in setting the fine at $US500 the judge noted the man is a regular visitor to Vanuatu and had contributed to the country's economy.
Source:
Radio New Zealand