Sione Filipe Jr and his co-defendant Siua Sekona have pleaded not guilty at Nuku’alofa Supreme Court yesterday.
Filipe, 34, was charged after Quarantine
Officers at Fua’amotu International Airport intercepted 242.22 grams of cannabis
seeds.
The son-in-law of Princess Pilolevu had been charged with unlawful importation of illicit drugs, unlawful possession of illicit drugs, possession of firearms and ammunition without a license and making a false declaration on arrival card.
Sekona has been also charged
along with him in charges relating to the seizure of 242 grams of cannabis
seeds brought into Tonga, at Fua’amotu International Airport in March
2019.
Sekona,
who lived in the United States was arrested while visiting Tonga and released
on bail.
The trial was postponed until February 26.
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