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Kadavu farmer arrested after marijuana plants were uprooted from farm believed to be his

Kadavu farmer arrested after marijuana plants were uprooted from farm believed to be his

By Naveel Krishant
02/11/2020

A farmer from Levuka Village in Yale, Kadavu has been arrested following a raid on a farm allegedly belonging to him where more than 570 plants believed to be marijuana were seized.

Police say close to 1000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from four different farms in Kadavu on Saturday.

The raids were conducted in Vabea, Ono, Tabugunu Settlement in Nakasaleka, Levuka, Yale, and Naceva.

Three hundred plants believed to be marijuana were seized from a farm in Nakasaleka while the rest were seized in Vabea and a settlement in Naceva.

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