FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT WARNED PUBLIC: DECLARE CURRENCIES

The duo, a couple from New Caledonia, had confessed to failing to declare more than 80-thousand dollars when they entered the country.

Both pleaded guilty to charges of failing to declare foreign currencies to the Customs & Immigration and false declaration on Monday afternoon.

They brought in 10-thousand euros, the equivalent of around 89-thousand Solomon dollars.

The maximum penalty for failing to declare, or for falsely declaring the minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars may carry consequences of paying fines of up to five hundred thousand Solomon dollars or imprisonment for up to five years.