the last person to be stopped at an urban airport because of unpaid fines happened early evening ( nzdt ) at the auckland international airport , new zealand . the individual , who wasn ' t name , was slowed because of the newest law on the ' collection of debts at airports ' or more recently : pay or take . he was compelled to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid damages since 1986 . " the person intercepted owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an interception in 1986 and had made no appearances since october 1987 , " wrote tom barker , minister for the courts in new zealand .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.