Coordinated efforts between Police, Republic Of Fiji Navy & Rescue Coordination Center Fiji resulted in the successful rescue operations of 8 people from Kadavu drifting in Beqa waters yesterday afternoon.
Chief Operations Officer ACP Abdul Khan said a distress call was received at the Rescue Coordination Centre from a villager on a boat with 7 others that their engine had failed between Vatulele and Kadavu.
WATERPOL and Navy officers on board the WP Veiqaravi were deployed where they safely rescued the 8 near Naceva Village in Beqa.