Fiji police uproot over 2,700 marijuana plants in Navosa raids
Officers from the Western Division Serious Organised Crime Intelligence Department uprooted more than 1,800 marijuana plants at one farm and more than 900 at a second farm in the Malua Range of Navosa in raids reported on 9 November 2024.
Officers from the Western Division Serious Organised Crime Intelligence
Department (SOCID) conducted two raids in the Malua Range of Navosa after
receiving information about alleged marijuana cultivation.[1][2]
More than 1,800 plants believed to be marijuana were found at one farm, and
more than 900 plants ranging from 10 cm to 2.5 metres were seized at a second
farm.[1][2]Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Livai Driu called the
seizure significant for disrupting the supply chain as operations focus on
cultivation and distribution.[1][2]
Driu commended the sharing of information that led to the discovery.[1]The
team spent a night in the highlands to carry out the operation in the difficult
terrain.[2]
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Plants seized in the two Malua Range raids, as published by the Fiji Times.Photo details
The reports say the two raids happened on the Monday before the 9 November publications, which points to 4 November, but neither article states the operation date directly.
Police spoke of arrests in recent weeks including earlier raids, so it is unclear whether anyone was arrested at these two farms.
No growers were named and no charges from these two farms were reported.
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.
