4,000 marijuana plants seized in Vusasivo raid near Savusavu
A Savusavu police team seized more than 4,000 plants believed to be marijuana in a raid in the Vusasivo area, reported on 7 June 2024. No arrests, charges or court outcomes for the seizure were reported.
🇫🇯 Vusasivo area, near Savusavu, Vanua Levu · Fiji
Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Livai Driu said a team of officers from the Savusavu Police Station raided the Vusasivo area and seized more than 4,000 plants believed to be marijuana.[1]The report names no arrests, charges or court outcomes for the seizure.[1]
The same 7 June 2024 police roundup reports separate arrests in Nausori, Raiwai and Nadi, including a vehicle search in Nadi in which white powder believed to be cocaine was found; those are different events left out of this report.[1]
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