A 17 year old girl has been charged with the unlawful possession of marijuana following a raid conducted by the Nasinu Police Station at her parent's home.
The raid was conducted yesterday morning in Narere where officers discovered more than 60 sachets of dried marijuana leaves and more than $900 cash allegedly in the girl’s possession.
She will be produced in the Sigatoka Magistrates Court tomorrow.
In a separate incident, a 24 year old unemployed man of Nadawa is in police custody as he was found with a plastic bag containing crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine, smoking apparatus and more than $1,000 cash.
He was arrested at a supermarket complex in Valelevu after officers found him acting in a suspicious manner.
In another case, a 63 year old farmer of Wailevu village in Wainibuka, Tailevu was arrested following a raid where more than 40 sachets of dried leaves believed to be marijuana was discovered.
The suspect remains in custody as investigators await the analysis result.
In yet another incident, a 25 year old man of Kashmir, Lautoka was searched at the Lomolomo Community Post where sachets of dried leaves believed to be marijuana was found hidden inside a packet of cigarettes.
Meanwhile, investigators are awaiting the analysis report of tests conducted on more than sixty sachets and some seedlings believed to be marijuana that was found when a team of officers raided a house belonging to a 46 year old man of Qelewaqa in Labasa.
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