A joint police and military team uprooted more than 38,400 marijuana plants in the Navosa highlands of Fiji during Operation Cavuraka.[1] Assistant Commissioner of Police Luke Navela, head of intelligence and investigations, said the public had helped the operation by passing on information, which led to arrests.[1] Navela said police had also seized generators and household appliances while investigating proceeds of crime linked to the unexplained wealth of some suspects.[1]
Joint police and military team uproots 38,400 marijuana plants in Navosa
A joint police and military operation uprooted more than 38,400 marijuana plants in Fiji's Navosa highlands in June 2016 as part of Operation Cavuraka. Assistant Commissioner of Police Luke Navela said public tip-offs had led to arrests, and that generators and household appliances were also seized in a proceeds-of-crime inquiry.
🇫🇯 Navosa highlands, Nadroga-Navosa, Viti Levu, Fiji
- Plants destroyed
- 38,400
- Agencies
- Fiji Police Force, Republic of Fiji Military Forces
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Plants destroyed
- 38,400
- Agencies
- Fiji Police Force; Republic of Fiji Military Forces
- Agency type
- Police, Military
- Cannabis
- Living plants
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Forest or wild land
- Grown
- Outdoor
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- The Fiji Timesfijitimes.com.fj38,400 marijuana plants uprooted in Navosa
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the uprooting; 25 June 2016 is given only as an "Update" caption on a report published 26 June 2016.
- No number of people arrested is given, and the source does not say where they were held or whether they were charged.
- No area, weight, number of sites or value is published for the plants uprooted or the property seized.
- Operation Cavuraka is described only as ongoing, and no second source on this phase could be opened to add details.
- The page's only image is the outlet's generic placeholder, so no photo of the operation is listed.
