660 articles tagged "drug"
Police have confiscated more than two thousand plants believed to be marijuana from a farm in Kadavu and its estimated value is $6.95 million. The plants believed to be marijuana which ranges from 7cm to 147 cm wer
Two men have been arrested after drug raids conducted by Police resulted in the seizure of illicit drugs believed to be marijuana. Police say a raid was conducted at the home belonging to a 25 year old man in Vatiy
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says when the news of drug raids particularly regarding marijuana is made public, there is a lot of calls to legalize the trade. Qiliho says we need to stop comparing Fiji to oth
More than 14,000 marijuana plants estimated to be worth more than $40 million were discovered and destroyed in Kadavu in the past week. The marijuana plants seized during the raids have all been destroyed after a c
A bus driver and a checker have been released on bail after they appeared in the Nasinu Magistrates Court for allegedly being found with methamphetamine inside their bus. Avinesh Chand and Avishek Naidu were produc
A 22-year-old man who was allegedly found with cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana at his apartment in Laucala Beach last Thursday will front the Nasinu Magistrates Court tomorrow. Police made the discovery fol
An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling. The man was named in Australian media as Karm or Cam Gilespie. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the man is believed to have been
Police are now increasing their presence in the Vatuwaqa area through the Mobile Command Unit which has been stationed along Daya Street. The Mobile Command Unit has live CCTV cameras hooked up to the National Comm
52-year-old Senitiki Tuilovoni who is charged with a count of unlawful possession of drugs has been further remanded in custody by Nasinu Magistrate, Charles Ratakele. He was arrested following a raid conducted at
A total of 2,982 arrests for breaching COVID-19 related restrictions were made from March to yesterday however Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho says there is a significant drop in other offences. He says the to
Three farmers who were arrested following drug raids in the Northern Division have been charged and will appear in the Savusavu Magistrates Court today. They all have been charged with a count each of unlawful poss
More people have been arrested in the Northern Division after drug raids conducted by Police. Police say a joint raid conducted by officers from the Tukavesi Police Station and the Police Special Response Unit resu
Police have conducted more drug raids in the Northern Division which has resulted in the arrest of 3 farmers. Police say a raid conducted yesterday in Waikava on a farm allegedly belonging to a 34 year old farmer r
Police have arrested a number of people in the Northern Division after they were allegedly found with marijuana. Close to 1500 plants believed to be marijuana was uprooted by a joint team of officers from the Tukav
A 28-year-old man originally from Taveuni is still in custody after a search conducted at his partner's home in Valelevu on Thursday. The joint raid conducted by officers from Valelevu and Nasinu resulted in the al
A 60-year-old woman is currently in Police custody following a raid conducted at her home in Lautoka yesterday afternoon. The raid conducted by a team from the Lautoka Police Station at Sulua Street, resulted in th
A 39-year-old man has been arrested at his home in Navakai in Nadi after the Namaka Operations team found white substances believed to be methamphetamine. Two arrests have also been made in Davuilevu Housing in the
Police in Myanmar have seized South East Asia's biggest ever haul of synthetic drugs, the scale of which they described as "off the charts". BBC reports more than 200m methamphetamine tablets, 500kg of crystal methamp
A 33-year old man who allegedly cultivated 58.5 grams of marijuana plants at his home in Wailekutu, Lami has been granted bail by the Suva Magistrates Court. Taniela Ratu has been charged with 1 count of illegal cu
Police say raids continue to be conducted on inter-island vessels in a bid to curb the transportation of illicit drugs from maritime islands. Another raid was conducted yesterday in a vessel berthed at the Narain J
