Nadi Police are investigating a spate of alleged theft of Hindu religious statue, with five cases reported in a single day.
Three reports were received from Korociri in Nadi on Friday afternoon, occurring between 12 to 1pm, whereby five religious statues were stolen from three different properties.
Also stolen from one of the properties was a clay lamp.
In another case in Nakurakura in Nadi on Friday morning, an unknown person stole three religious statues from the property of a 33-year-old man.
In the fifth incident, an unknown person stole a religious statue or Shiv Ling from a prayer room belonging to a 35-year-old man of Sagayam Road in Nadi.
Police say a team is pursuing a number of leads, working around the clock to identify the suspect involved.
