Fijian Police say they uprooted close to 1000 plants believed to be marijuana from four different farms on Kadavu last Saturday.
The raids were conducted in Vabea, Ono, Tabugunu Settlement in Nakasaleka, Levuka, Yale and Naceva.
Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the plants ranged from 5cm to more than 2m.
She said they now had in custody a farmer from Levuka, Yale, who was arrested following a raid on a farm allegedly belonging to him.
She said more than 570 plants believed to be marijuana were seized from that farm.
“Three hundred plants believed to be marijuana were seized from a farm in Nakasaleka while the rest of the alleged illicit plants were seized in Vabea and a settlement in Naceva,” Ms Naisoro said.
