Police at Lakatoro on Malekula destroyed 202 marijuana plants from two plots at Rano, belonging to a suspect who fled arrest that week.[1] A person suspected of having received marijuana from the main suspect wanted for cultivation was arrested by police at Lakatoro on the Tuesday.[1]
202 cannabis plants destroyed after Lakatoro suspect flees
Police at Lakatoro on Malekula uprooted 202 marijuana plants from two plots at Rano after the cultivation suspect fled arrest. One associate suspected of receiving marijuana from him was arrested on the Tuesday of that week.
🇻🇺 Rano, near Lakatoro, Malekula, Malampa province · Vanuatu
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 202
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Plants destroyed
- 202
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis; Living plants (202 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- Vanuatu Daily Postdailypost.vuOver 200 marijuana plants destroyed
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no date for the raid; 21 June 2022 is used because it says the associate was arrested on Tuesday, two days before the 23 June 2022 publication date.
- The article's fuller police statement says officers arrested two associates while uprooting the plants, but the item text here reports one arrest, which is the figure used.
- No weight is given for any marijuana found, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
- No charges or court outcome were reported.
- Only one account of the operation was found; the item is a short compilation from Vanuatu Police Force media statements.