A man and a woman have been taken into custody after allegedly being found with dried leaves believed to be marijuana in Kinoya.
Police say a team from the Fiji Police Detector Dog Unit, while on mobile patrol in Kinoya yesterday, arrested a man who was allegedly in possession of illicit drugs.
Police say they were drawn to the suspect, who was carrying his child, and was acting suspiciously while talking to another man in a car.
They say upon searching him, they found bullets of dried leaves believed to be marijuana.
They add a further search conducted at his residence led to the discovery of more bullets of dried leaves believed to be marijuana, and a woman was also taken into custody.
Police say the seized substances have been sent for analysis.
Investigations continue.
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