Police are still questioning a 31-year-old prominent boxer of Nadi in relation to plants believed to be marijuana that were uprooted from beside his house yesterday.

Police Spokesperson, Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri confirmed that the boxer is still being interrogated.

According to Sokomuri officers from the Drug unit and Nadi Police station conducted an operation and uprooted the 139 plants believed to be marijuana from beside his house at around 6pm last night.

Some seedlings were also confiscated which were being raised as pot plants.

The boxer was taken into custody for questioning yesterday while the plants have been sent to Koronivia for analysis.

Story by: Shalvin Deo