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NEWSFLASH: Fiji Army Confirms Arms In Play
Radio New Zealand has reported in its 10am bulletin that the Fijian Army has confirmed it is aware of an operation underway to smuggle arms out of the Fijian Parliamentary Complex to key locations around the Island of Fiji.
Reports of the smuggling operation had earlier been heard in Fiji.
An Amnesty to be granted to George Speight and his fellow hostage takers is not due to take force till all arms have been handed over to the Military.
The handover of arms was expected to take place this morning.
Meanwhile the Great Council of Chiefs will be meeting again today to discuss a makeup of for a new Government.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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