Police clear 5,500 cannabis plants from Guadalcanal's Mbarande area
On 21 and 22 October 2019 a joint RSIPF team uprooted more than 5,500 marijuana plants at several locations in Mbarande, North East Guadalcanal. No one was arrested at the time, and police asked village chiefs, church leaders and youth leaders to help identify the growers.
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
On 21 and 22 October 2019 a joint RSIPF team uprooted more than 5,500 marijuana plants at several locations in Mbarande, North East Guadalcanal. No one was arrested at the time, and police asked village chiefs, church leaders and youth leaders to help identify the growers. The same area had lost more than 4,000 plants in a raid on 24 June 2019, when a man in his 20s was arrested and police put the crop’s street value at SBD 500,000 to SBD 1 million.[1][2]
Sources
- Marijuana Bust in North East Guadalcanal. Solomon Times. 24 October 2019; 5,500 plants uprooted on 21–22 October.
- Marijuana Haul Worth Close to SBD$1 Million. Solomon Times. 27 June 2019; 4,000 plants on 24 June; SBD 500,000–1 million.