Eradication8 November 2019verifiedCET-VJ3C7N

Samoa destroys more than 10,000 cannabis plants

About 80 officers, using drones, raided six plantations in the Faleatiu hills and destroyed more than 10,000 cannabis plants; 11 people were arrested. Police valued the crop at about ST$10 million at ST$1,000 a plant. The area had been raided in 2015 and 2016, and officers reported guns being pointed at them.

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Over $10 million tala worth cannabis in Samoa's biggest drug bust (13 November 2019). Samoa Global News. Faleatiu; 80 officers; 10,000+ plants; 11 arrests..

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Samoa.-13.75, -172.16

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