the first person to be stopped at an international airport because of unpaid fined happened saturday afternoon ( nzdt ) at the auckland international airport , united brunswick . the person , who wasn ' t named , was halted because of the existing act called the ' levy of fines at airports ' or more simply : pay or stay . he was had to pay nz $ 3 , 750 in unpaid compensations after 1986 . " the person being owed $ 3 , 750 of reparation for an offence in 1986 and had made no demands except late 1987 , " said rick barker , minister for the courts in new england .
A person was stopped at an airport because of unpaid fines.