The Kadavu Provincial Council has passed a motion for the Police raid team to revisit Kadavu as there has been another increase in marijuana cultivation on the island.
This motion has come after the council was informed by the Provincial Administrator in Kadavu that the biggest number of criminal cases recorded in Kadavu for 2012 and last year were marijuana cultivation and rape.
Police Special Inspector Sikeli Vunisa has told the Kadavu Provincial Council that 237 marijuana plants were confiscated from the island last month.
Vunisa said they have also found that majority of the individuals involved in the planting of marijuana in Kadavu are the youth.
He said most of the marijuana is being transported from Kadavu through fibre glass boats.
Vunisa stressed that the Police will make its aim to eradicate the planting of marijuana in Kadavu.
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