Snap checks leads to drug seizure

Snap checks are yielding results with seizures of illicit substances.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations (ACP) Livai Driu said at a Bagasau road block site, officers from the Tukavesi Police Station stopped and searched the luggage compartment of a bus where they found a black bag containing dried leaves believed to be marijuana.

ACP Driu said during another snap check, several branches of dried leaves believed to be marijuana were seized at Sabeto road on Monday night.

Arrested were the two occupants of the vehicle.

ACP Driu said in another stop and search conducted by the Southern Division’s Serious Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (SD/SOCIU), a 35-year old man residing in Navua was allegedly found in possession of several sachets containing white substances believed to be methamphetamine and dried branches believed to be marijuana.

The same team conducted another search resulting in the arrest of another 35-year-old man who also resides in Navua after he was found with dried branches believed to be marijuana.

ACP Driu said a raid conducted by the SD SOCIU, K9 and Fiji Detector Dog Unit yesterday in Raiwai, resulted in the arrest of two men and a woman following the discovery of white substances believed to be methamphetamine, several items believed to be stolen property and foreign and local currencies.

All seized substances have been sent for analysis.

Joint raids will continue throughout the five policing divisions.