408 marijuana plants uprooted in Fiji's Eastern Division
Fiji police uprooted 408 marijuana plants in the Eastern Division in the month before and the first two weeks of October 2023, and seized more than 300 packs of marijuana. Divisional Police Commissioner Eastern Josua Vodo credited public tip-offs and said the taskforce would stay deployed in the division.
Four hundred and eight marijuana plants were uprooted in Fiji’s Eastern Division
in the month before the roundup and in the first two weeks of October 2023, the
Fiji Police Force said.[1]Divisional Police Commissioner Eastern Josua Vodo
said more than 300 packs of marijuana had also been seized in the division.[1]
Vodo thanked members of the public for tips that helped police combat marijuana
cultivation.[1]He said the taskforce continued to be deployed to the Eastern
Division because of the information coming from community members and villagers.[1]Vodo said police were seizing drugs and raiding homes, and that community
policing teams visit villages to discuss the consequences, especially for
children.[1]
Photos and video
408 marijuana plants and more than 300 packs of marijuana seized in the Eastern Division, laid out for police. Photo: Fiji Police Force via Fiji SunPhoto details
The article gives no single incident date; 23 October 2023 is its publication date and is used as the incident date for a roundup covering the previous month and the first half of October.
No weight is given for the more than 300 packs of marijuana, so kg_seized is not recorded.
No arrests, charges or suspects are reported, and no individual raids are described.
The division is named only as a whole; the specific islands, villages or farms are not identified.
The headline says 480 plants while the article text and the police commissioner's quote give 408; the report uses 408.
Only one accessible source for this roundup was found after searching in English.
More than 8,000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from two farms in the Lea farming area of Cakaudrove. The joint Northern Division Taskforce, supported by Republic of Fiji Military Forces officers, found the farms this week while police separately seized suspected methamphetamine and cash in Laucala Beach.
Police discovered a 1,500-plant marijuana farm at Vesivuru, Lea, and a 100-plant farm at Nawi, Tukavesi, arresting the suspected owner, a 38-year-old man, as nationwide operations continued on 29 October 2026.
Northern Division police uprooted 2,371 suspected marijuana plants from two farms at Nanuca, Savusavu, on 19 October 2026. A 38-year-old farmer from Drekeniwai Village was arrested over the alleged cultivation.
Fiji Police uprooted more than 11,000 plants believed to be marijuana from a farming area in Nasuva, Cakaudrove, on 2 October 2026. The farm's owner has not been identified and police were still trying to locate them a week later; the plants were seized for analysis.
