The Fiji Police Commissioner has described a group of men conducting military-style training in the hills of Ra as more like members of a cult who pose no threat to national security.
Twenty one people in three separate groups have appeared in court this week, facing charges such as sedition and inciting communal antagonism.
Commissioner Ben Groenewald says at least one more person is expected to be arrested shortly.
Mr Groenewald says there is no indication the group is political in any way.
"This is more like a cult within the rural areas that has been used or misused and mesmerised to become part of the so-called military style training. There are kingpins, and those people have already been arrested."
The commissioner says there's no confirmation the men had been training with weapons, rather he believes they may have had wooden replica guns.
