Fiji's Northern Division Operations team uprooted more than 2,000 plants believed to be marijuana in the Vatuyalewa mountain range.
🇫🇯 Vatuyalewa mountain range, Northern Division, Fiji
Fiji Police said officers from the Northern Division Operations team discovered and uprooted more than 2,000 plants believed to be marijuana in the rugged Vatuyalewa mountain range.[1][2]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations Kasiano Vusonilawe said information sharing and drones had helped officers locate farms in difficult terrain.[1][2]
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More than 8,000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from two farms in the Lea farming area of Cakaudrove. The joint Northern Division Taskforce, supported by Republic of Fiji Military Forces officers, found the farms this week while police separately seized suspected methamphetamine and cash in Laucala Beach.
Police discovered a 1,500-plant marijuana farm at Vesivuru, Lea, and a 100-plant farm at Nawi, Tukavesi, arresting the suspected owner, a 38-year-old man, as nationwide operations continued on 29 October 2026.
Northern Division police uprooted 2,371 suspected marijuana plants from two farms at Nanuca, Savusavu, on 19 October 2026. A 38-year-old farmer from Drekeniwai Village was arrested over the alleged cultivation.
Fiji Police uprooted more than 11,000 plants believed to be marijuana from a farming area in Nasuva, Cakaudrove, on 2 October 2026. The farm's owner has not been identified and police were still trying to locate them a week later; the plants were seized for analysis.