{"id":127174,"date":"2025-09-08T06:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127174\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T06:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:28:07","slug":"actor-navya-nair-ignorance-is-no-excuse-malayalam-actor-fined-rs-1-14-lakh-for-carrying-jasmine-flowers-at-melbourne-airport-kochi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/127174\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Navya Nair: &#8216;Ignorance is no excuse&#8217; Malayalam actor fined Rs 1.14 lakh for carrying jasmine flowers at Melbourne airport | Kochi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757312887_105_-.jpg\" alt=\"'Ignorance is no excuse': Malayalam actor Navya Nair fined Rs 1.14 lakh for carrying jasmine flowers at Melbourne airport\" title=\"Malayalam actor Navya Nair fined for carrying jasmine flowers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Malayalam actor Navya Nair fined for carrying jasmine flowers KOCHI: Actress <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/navya-nair\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Navya Nair<\/a> was fined a hefty sum for carrying jasmine flowers at the Melbourne International Airport while attending the Onam celebrations organised by the Malayali Association in Victoria on Thiruvonam day, Friday.She shared the experience during a public event she attended afterward.The fine amounted to Rs 1 lakh. The actress was found carrying a 15-centimetre jasmine garland, \u201cwhich my father bought for me.&#8221;Admitting she was unaware of the rule, she said, \u201cIgnorance is no excuse.\u201dShe was \ufb01ned 1,980 Australian dollars (around Rs 1.14 lakh). On Sunday, the actress shared more moments from her \ufb02ight to Australia, playfully trolling herself over the fine that followed.Navya Nair, a two-time winner of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress, began her film career with Sibi Malayil\u2019s Ishtam in 2001. Over the years, she has earned acclaim for her roles in a wide range of films, including Nandanam, Mazhathullikkilukkam, Kunjikoonan, Kalyanaraman, Vellithira, Ammakilikkoodu, Gramophone, Pattanathil Sundaran Drishya 2, Oruthee, and Janaki Jaane and more, spanning Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada cinema.Regulations are designed to safeguard Australia from biosecurity threatsThe Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry states that international travellers may bring fresh-cut flowers and foliage only if they declare them upon arrival. Biosecurity officers will inspect the items for pests and diseases. The department cautions that failing to declare plant material on the Incoming Passenger Card can lead to fines of up to AUD 6,600, potential criminal charges, or even visa cancellation.These rules aim to protect Australia\u2019s agriculture from potential biosecurity risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malayalam actor Navya Nair fined for carrying jasmine flowers KOCHI: Actress Navya Nair was fined a hefty sum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[88994,64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-127174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ignorance-is-no-excuse-malayalam-actor-navya-nair-fined-rs-1-14-lakh-for-carrying-jasmine-flowers-at-melbourne-airport","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}