SUVA (Pacnews) — Fiji police will attempt to have fugitive conman Peter Foster returned to the country to face a series of charges, including escaping from custody and fraud.
The director of economic crime, Senior Superintendent Ravi Narayan, said police are liaising with the director of public prosecutions on the best way to bring the international fraudster back to stand trial.
Foster fled Fiji on Jan. 5 aboard a boat that arrived off Port Vila in Vanuatu on Jan. 8.
He had been under police and military guard awaiting trial on three charges relating to using a forged Queensland Police Service criminal history to obtain a work permit when he disappeared.
On Jan. 14, Vanuatu police arrested him in a dawn raid after they surrounded the house where he had been staying.
They had been tipped off by a gardener who saw him being brought ashore in a dinghy.
He is due to appear in court and will be charged with being an illegal immigrant.
He faces the possibility of a large fine and deportation. There is uncertainty, however, as to which country he will be sent, although Vanuatu state prosecutor Alfred Bice has previously indicated it would most likely be Australia.