the tenth person to be stopped at an international airport because of unpaid fines happened tuesday afternoon ( nzdt ) at the auckland island station , new zealand . the person , who wasn ' t unnamed , was caught because of the proposed legislation called the ' levy of fines at altitude ' or more simply : pay or stay . he was forced to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid reparations since 1986 . " the person actually owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had completed no payments until late 1987 , " explained rick barker , minister for the courts in new brunswick .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.