The illicit drug trade impacts society, and therefore needs the support of the community to tackle the issue.
Assistant Commissioner of Operations (ACP/O) Livai Driu noted this after more than five thousand plants believed to be marijuana were discovered on a farm in the Naioti terrains in Yale, Kadavu.
ACP/O Driu said a special drug operations team is on the island pursuing information provided on the alleged cultivation of the illicit substance, as Police target cultivators and suppliers.
Seized were more than 5,000 plants from an unknown farm, and efforts are underway to identify the owner of the farm.
He said while arrests are being made in urban centres for users, operations targeting cultivators and suppliers are running concurrently throughout the Divisions.
With revelations made of increased admissions to St Giles Hospital for drug and substance abuse cases, as well as drug use with school-based drug trends, ACP/O Driu said Police are doing all they can to curb the illegal drug trade, but need public support.
The Fiji Police Force hopes the harmful impacts of drugs can be talked more about in various community social and religious groups, as a means of curtailing the use of drugs.
Members of the public are urged to continue to share information on any alleged drug related activities via Crimestoppers on 919 or via the Fiji Police Social media pages.
All information will be kept confidential.
