Seizure24 September 2018verifiedCET-VM5AR3

Tonga seizes 2,665 cannabis plants in Vava'u

Police seized 2,665 cannabis plants at Mataika in Vava'u on 24 September 2018 and charged seven people. Media called it Tonga's largest cannabis bust at the time, though a 2017 raid at Matahau had found 3,894 plants.

🇹🇴 Tonga

Police seized 2,665 cannabis plants at Mataika in Vava’u on 24 September 2018 and charged seven people.^[1]

Media called it Tonga’s largest cannabis bust at the time, though a 2017 raid at Matahau had found 3,894 plants.^[1]

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Seven in court on Tonga's biggest cannabis bust (2 October 2018). Matangi Tonga.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of Tonga.-20.42, -174.80

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