More than 11,000 marijuana plants uprooted on five Kadavu farms
Fiji police uprooted more than 11,000 plants believed to be marijuana from five farms along the Lavidi-Namajiu border in Kadavu on 27 June 2022. Police were searching for the farm owners, and investigations into cultivation elsewhere on the island were ongoing.
Fiji police officers from the Police Special Response Unit were deployed to
Kadavu the previous week to support drug operations on the island, Police Chief
Operations Officer ACP Abdul Khan said.[1]Police were searching for the
owners of five different farms in Kadavu where the plants were found.[1]
Officers from the Police Special Response Unit uprooted more than 11,000 plants
believed to be marijuana from five farms in Kadavu.[2]The farms were found
along the border of the Lavidi and Namajiu terrain.[1]The plants were
uprooted on 27 June 2022, the day before the 28 June reports that described the
seizure as happening yesterday.[3]
Khan said more information had been forthcoming about the cultivation of the
illicit drugs in other parts of the island.[1]No farm owners had been
identified when the reports were published, and police said investigations to
identify them were ongoing.[2]
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The submitted Fijivillage article gives no separate date for the uprooting, so 27 June 2022 rests on the corroborating 28 June reports describing it as happening yesterday.
No figure for the area of the farms, the weight of the plants, or any official or street value was published.
No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; the farm owners were still being sought.
The reports do not say whether the uprooted plants were destroyed or retained 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.
