Opening of Kadavu Provincial Council Meeting

The Prime Minister Honourable Voreqe Bainimarama has pleaded with the members of the Kadavu Provincial Council to support the Fiji Police Force’s efforts on the war on drugs.

Speaking during a talanoa session after the official opening of the 2 day Provincial Council meeting in Tavuki.

Hon. Prime Minister said, “During the opening of the Government station in Kavala, I expressed by concerns about the involvement of the people of Kadavu in the illegal drug trade and we should all be concerned”.

The Commissioner of Police Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho said, “We’ve noticed a new trend where the response is we don’t know whose farm it is, yet the farm is near the village”.

“Police have explored all avenues through the Vanua, Church and Community policing to address the cultivation of marijuana on the island, and we are now going to relook at the Illicit Drugs Control Act 2004 and focus on landowners”.

The Commissioner of Police added, “We are having to take this hard stance because we care about the future generations of Kadavu, because if this is the situation now, we are worried about what the Kadavu of 10-years will be like”.