1,200 marijuana plants uprooted at Nukunuku farm near Savusavu
Police uprooted and seized more than 1,200 plants believed to be marijuana from a farm at Nukunuku in Natewa, Savusavu, on 5 June 2024. The farm owner was yet to be established and investigations were continuing, with no arrests at the farm reported.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Livai Driu said a Savusavu Police Station team operated on 5 June 2024 at a farm in the Nukunuku area of Natewa, Savusavu, uprooting and seizing more than 1,200 plants believed to be marijuana.[1][2]The owner of the farm was yet to be established as investigations continued.[1][2]
The same police roundup reported a 20-year-old farmer arrested by Tukavesi Police for alleged unlawful possession of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, a separate case from the Nukunuku farm seizure.[1][2]
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