Two held at Narain Jetty after farmer's suitcase found full of marijuana
Police and detector-dog officers arrested a 39-year-old farmer with a suitcase full of marijuana and a 26-year-old unemployed man with marijuana leaves at Narain Jetty, Suva, on 24 December 2024. Both men stayed in police custody while investigations continued.
Police arrested a 39-year-old farmer carrying a suitcase full of marijuana and a
26-year-old unemployed man with marijuana leaves at Narain Jetty on 24 December
2024.[1]
The search at the jetty was carried out by the Fiji Police Force together with
the Fiji Dog Detector Unit, the force’s detector-dog team.[1]
Both men were held in police custody while investigations continued.[1]
Photos and video
Dried marijuana filling an opened suitcase seized at Narain Jetty.Photo details
No weight or street value for the marijuana was published, and the plant material is described as believed to be marijuana rather than tested.
The article gives no names and no charges; whether either man was charged or produced in court was not reported.
Only one account of this search could be opened, so the number of plants or branches and any weight remain unknown.
An earlier police social-media item on two men held with marijuana arriving on a shipping vessel could not be opened in full and may refer to a different jetty search.
The photograph published with the article carries no caption or credit line; it shows a block of dried plant material in a suitcase.
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