More than 8,000 marijuana plants uprooted in Lea, Fiji
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.
🇫🇯 Lea farming area, Cakaudrove Province · Fiji
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Plants destroyed
8,000
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Northern Division Taskforce, Republic of Fiji Military Forces
More than 8,000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from two farms in
the Lea farming area in Cakaudrove Province.[1][2][3][4]The operation was carried out
by the joint Northern Division Taskforce in the Northern Division.[1]
Officers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces supported the taskforce as
they trekked through the challenging farming terrain where the two farms were
discovered earlier this week.[5][2]Police said the operation was conducted this
week after officers trekked through the farming terrain and discovered the two
farms.[1][3][4]
In a separate operation in Laucala Beach, officers from the Police Dog Unit
raided the home of a 39-year-old man.[1][3]Officers seized several zip-lock bags
containing white substances believed to be methamphetamine during that raid.[1]Police also seized cash during the raid which they suspect came from
criminal activities.[1]
Police said drug operations are continuing across the five policing divisions
with arrests being made for unlawful possession of illicit drugs and related
offences including proceeds of crime.[1][3]Cash suspected to be proceeds of
crime was also confiscated during the raid.[5]
Photos and video
Police photo published with the report on the Lea farm uprooting. Photo: Fiji Police ForcePhoto details
The operation is dated only as this week with publication on 6 November 2026; 6 November is used as the incident date.
The plants were described as believed to be marijuana with no laboratory confirmation, weight, area or value reported.
No arrests, owners, charges or court outcomes were reported for the two Lea farms.
The quantities of suspected methamphetamine and cash seized in Laucala Beach were not stated and are excluded from cannabis figures.
Fiji One News reports the two farms were discovered earlier this week, while Fijivillage says the operation was conducted this week; neither gives the day of the uprooting.
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.
Fiji police uprooted 1,085 suspected marijuana plants, five centimetres to one metre tall, from an unidentified farm in the Waisagavuna area of Savusavu, in an operation the police force announced on 23 September 2026. No arrest was reported over the farm.
