1,085 marijuana plants uprooted from a farm near Savusavu
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.
Fiji police uprooted 1,085 suspected marijuana plants from an unidentified
farm in the Waisagavuna area of Savusavu, on Vanua Levu, in an operation the
Fiji Police Force announced on 23 September 2026.[1][2][3][4]
The plants ranged from five centimetres to one metre in height and were
seized during the police operation at the farm, whose ownership was not
disclosed.[1][2][3][4]No arrest was reported in connection with the farm, and
the police force said investigations into the discovery were continuing.[1][2]The operation was part of the force’s routine ongoing work against
illegal drug cultivation and distribution.[1][3]
The same police statement also covered two other operations, which are
separate events: a 30-year-old man arrested at Lomolomo Beach in Lautoka
with 177 foil-wrapped portions of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, and
four men arrested in Labasa after a search of their vehicle found a sack of
loose dried leaves.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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.
