Close to 1,000 marijuana plants uprooted on Kadavu
Fijian police uprooted close to 1,000 plants believed to be marijuana from four farms on Kadavu on 31 October 2020. A farmer from Levuka, Yale, was arrested after more than 570 plants were seized from a farm allegedly belonging to him.
🇫🇯 Vabea, Ono, Tabugunu Settlement in Nakasaleka, Levuka, Yale and Naceva, Kadavu · Fiji
Fijian police uprooted close to 1,000 plants believed to be marijuana from four
different farms on Kadavu last Saturday.[1]The raids were conducted in Vabea,
Ono, Tabugunu Settlement in Nakasaleka, Levuka, Yale and Naceva.[1]Police
spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the plants ranged from 5cm to more than 2m.[1]She said they now had in custody a farmer from Levuka, Yale, who was arrested
following a raid on a farm allegedly belonging to him.[1]She said more than
570 plants believed to be marijuana were seized from that farm.[1]Three
hundred plants believed to be marijuana were seized from a farm in Nakasaleka,
while the rest of the alleged illicit plants were seized in Vabea and a
settlement in Naceva.[1]
Close to 1,000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from four different
farms in Kadavu on Saturday.[2]The plants ranged from 5cm to more than 2
metres.[2]A farmer from Levuka, Yale, was in custody after a raid on a farm
allegedly belonging to him, where more than 570 plants believed to be marijuana
were seized.[2]Three hundred plants believed to be marijuana were seized from
a farm in Nakasaleka, while the rest of the alleged illicit plants were seized
in Vabea and a settlement in Naceva, the police statement said.[2]
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Plants believed to be marijuana that were uprooted from four villages on Kadavu. Picture: SUPPLIED/FIJI POLICEPhoto details
The sources date the raids only as Saturday, or last Saturday before the 2 November 2020 report, so 31 October 2020 is that Saturday.
The total is given only as close to 1,000 plants; more than 570 were taken at the Levuka, Yale farm and 300 at Nakasaleka, and no separate count was given for Vabea or Naceva.
No weight, cultivated area, street value or laboratory confirmation was published.
The arrested farmer was not named, and no charge or court outcome was reported.
The reports say the plants were uprooted and seized, but do not say whether they were destroyed or kept as exhibits.
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.
