Snap checks lead to arrests

Snap checks conducted by operations team continue to yield results as more discoveries of drugs are made throughout the five policing divisions.

Assistant Commissioner of Police – Operations (ACP) Livai Driu said yesterday, an operation team in Lautoka had stopped and searched a vehicle along the Kings Road near Lovu, where they found several clear plastics containing white crystals believed to be methamphetamine.

Two men aged 32 and 23 years were arrested and remain in custody In a separate case also in Lautoka, ACP Driu said three men aged 50, 40 and 27 years were arrested following the discovery of a plastic containing white powder believed to be cocaine and one zip lock plastic containing dried leaves believed to be marijuana.

The three were arrested in Waiyavi, Lautoka. ACP Driu said dried leaves believed to be marijuana were also seized in two separate reports of alleged Unlawful Possession of Illicit Drugs. Four men and a woman were arrested in relation to the two reports in Lautoka.

ACP Driu said following community outreach in the Navosa area, close to 400 plants believed to be marijuana have been seized at Nailawa Settlement, Navosa.

The owner of the farm is known to Police as investigations continue. All seized substances and plants have been sent for analysis.