Fijian police seize 5,000 marijuana plants in Navosa
Police uprooted more than 5,000 marijuana plants from two farms and seized 30 bags of dried leaves in Navosa, charging a 21-year-old Korolevu man with unlawful cultivation and possession, with more than $5,500 in cash also seized.
Police seized 5000 plants and 30 bags of dried leaves of marijuana in Navosa.[1]
Fiji Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the Fiji Police Force acknowledged the
assistance of Korolevu and Namoli villagers in the discovery.[1]A 21-year-old
man from Korolevu, Navosa, was charged with one count of unlawful cultivation
and two counts of found in possession of illicit drugs.[1]
The suspect allegedly owned the two farms where more than 5000 plants were
uprooted, and a subsequent search found more than $5500 in cash alleged to have
come from the sale of drugs.[1]The seized plants and dried leaves later
tested positive as marijuana.[2]
A farmer has been charged after 5,000 marijuana plants were found in his two
farms in Navosa.[3]
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Photo published by The Fiji Times with its coverage of the Navosa marijuana seizure.Photo details
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.
