The four men arrested for allegedly cultivating marijuana in Kadavu have been charged and will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court today.
Police say they were escorted to Suva yesterday on board the Police vessel, MV. Veiqaravi.
They have all been charged with one count of unlawful cultivation of illicit drugs.
Police say they were believed to have been camping for over three months cultivating marijuana.
They say one of the suspects is from Naioti, Yale in Kadavu, while the others are from Navuloa in Ovalau, Naviyago in Lautoka and Matacaucau in Tailevu.
Police further say a Southern Division Drug Operation team after uprooting more than 9,000 marijuana plants from within the Gasele and Rakiraki highlands, came across the farm allegedly belonging to the four suspects.
More than 3,000 marijuana plants were uprooted and initial enquiries conducted revealed that the four had set up camp for a duration of four months, cultivating and harvesting marijuana.
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