the first car to be stopped at an international airport because of unpaid fines occurred early evenings ( nzdt ) at the auckland metropolitan airport , new zealand . the person , who wasn ' t identified , was stopped because of the new bill called the ' collection of fines at airports ' or more simply : kill or stay . he was forced to pay ca $ 3 , 750 in unpaid damages for 1986 . " the person intercepted owed $ 3 , 750 of penance for an offence in 1986 and had made no payments since late 1987 , " said bill barker , minister for the courts in old zealand .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.