A Fijian national found with methamphetamine and related paraphernalia at the Faleolo Regional Airport has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of narcotics before the Supreme Court.

The incident happened last month.

Rupeni Lupu appeared before Judge Justice Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma on Monday and pleaded guilty to all charges against him.

Justice Fepuleai adjourned Lupu's sentencing to the end of this month.

The customs officers from the Ministry of Customs and Revenue reported intercepting a zip-lock bag containing methamphetamine and a pipe used for smoking the substance.

Lupu was travelling from American Samoa and was transiting through Samoa with New Zealand as his final destination. 

This latest interception marked the fifth drug-related seizure by the Ministry of Customs and Revenue (MCR) since January, highlighting the increasing vigilance of Samoan authorities against transnational crime, particularly drug trafficking.

People are either sentenced or appear for trials on drug-related charges mostly methamphetamine daily.

Some of these defendants have been re-offending and the court has given them harsher penalties to make them learn from the crimes they commit.

In a similar incident where meth and ammunition were found on a Filipino national, the court had fined the accused $4000 as sentencing.

It is unclear if the prosecution are seeking a custodial sentence or would incline towards a fine.