More than 2,900 marijuana plants uprooted in Kadavu raids
Fiji police uprooted more than 2,900 plants believed to be marijuana in two raids on Kadavu, including 1,800 plants at a farm between Gasele and Daku. Officers also found bags of dried leaves wrapped in foil, and police credited public information for the successful raids.
🇫🇯 Gasele and Daku villages and Nacomoto area, Kadavu · Fiji
Police uprooted more than 2,900 plants believed to be marijuana in two separate
raids on Kadavu.[1]In the first raid, officers uprooted 1,800 plants from a
farm located between Gasele and Daku villages on Wednesday.[2]
During the first raid, officers also found several bags of dried leaves wrapped
in aluminium foil.[2]In the second raid in the Nacomoto area, officers
uprooted more than 1,000 plants believed to be marijuana.[2]
Police Chief of Operations ACP Abdul Khan said the war on drugs will continue
and thanked the public for providing information that led to the raids.[2]
Photos and video
Uprooted plants believed to be marijuana seized in the Kadavu raids. Photo: Fiji Police Force via fijivillagePhoto details
The fijivillage report dates the second Nacomoto raid to yesterday and The Fiji Times dates it to today; both published on 23 January 2021, so 22 January is used as the incident date.
The first raid is dated only to Wednesday, taken as 20 January 2021 from the 23 January publication dates.
No arrests, charges, plant heights, dried-leaf weight, or court outcome are reported.
No figure for the weight of the dried leaves in foil bags or sachets was published, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
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.
