More than 2,700 suspected marijuana plants seized near Kadavu Koro
Fiji police seized more than 2,700 plants believed to be marijuana from a farm near Kadavu Koro during nationwide drug raids reported on 26 February 2023. Police also seized suspected methamphetamine in Nakasi and marijuana in the Labasa area, with no arrests or lab results reported.
Fiji police officers seized more than 2,700 plants believed to be marijuana from
a farm near Kadavu Koro during drug raids carried out in the week before 26
February 2023.[1]Chief Operations Officer Acting Assistant Commissioner of
Police Livai Driu said the seizures were made throughout the country, reflecting
the tempo of police drug operations.[2]
During the same week of drug raids, officers seized white substances believed to
be methamphetamine in Nakasi.[2]In the Northern Division, particularly in the
Labasa area, marijuana was seized following raids conducted by the Labasa
Taskforce team.[3]Police said the week’s drug raids resulted in seizures of
white drugs believed to be methamphetamine as well as plants believed to be
marijuana.[3]
Driu said successful raids had been conducted in recent weeks as police received
more information from members of the public.[2]He said that while teams were
pursuing new information on those involved in the illicit drug trade, similar
efforts were directed to revisiting well-known areas of cultivation and trade.[1]
Photos and video
Police handout collage showing suspected marijuana plants, packaged plant material and a police dog, published with the report on the Kadavu, Nakasi and Labasa drug raids. Picture: FIJI POLICE FORCEPhoto details
The raids are dated only to the past week before the 26 February 2023 publications, so the publication date is used as the incident date.
The plants are described only as believed to be marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.
No weight, cultivated area, farm size or drug value was published for the Kadavu seizure.
No arrest, charge, suspect or farm owner was reported for the Kadavu raid.
The Labasa-area marijuana seizure is reported without any plant count, weight or arrests.
The Fiji Police Force statement says white substances believed to be marijuana were seized in Nakasi after referring to methamphetamine in its opening sentence, whereas The Fiji Times and Fijivillage both state methamphetamine; Nakasi is excluded from cannabis figures.
The reports do not say whether the seized plants were destroyed or kept as exhibits.
Police with K-9 units arrested four men at Narain Jetty, Suva, on the night of 18 October 2026 after finding dried leaves, green branches and sachets believed to be marijuana in luggage of outer-island arrivals. Analysis was pending.
A joint Fiji Police Force and military operation seized 47,042 marijuana plants from 93 farms in the Northern Division, with 22 people arrested. Policing Minister Ioane Naivalurua announced the totals in a ministerial statement in Parliament on 26 May 2026.
Police in Fiji's Northern Division seized more than 7,000 marijuana plants, some over four metres tall, from a farm at Qaranibali in Vusasivo, Natewa, on 25 March 2026. A drone found the plantation during Operation Sasamaki; the plants were taken for analysis and police said three months later that no arrests had been made.
The Savusavu Operations team seized more than 400 plants believed to be marijuana in a raid at the Tacilevu farming area on 26 November 2024. The farm owner was yet to be known and investigations were continuing, with no arrests reported.
