Crime

More than two thousand plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted from a farm in Kadavu.

Police are currently searching for remand prisoner Peni Nakarawa who escaped from a Police vehicle while being escorted to Suva from Lautoka yesterday.

The 24-year old-man alleged to have assaulted and struck a pregnant woman with an iron rod has been charged.

A raid conducted in Vatiyaka, Ba by the Western Task Force Team yesterday resulted in the seizure of illicit drugs believed to be marijuana.

The 26-year-old man alleged to have stabbed his defacto partner several times in Nadi following a heated argument has been charged.

Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho says twelve people were arrested for breach of curfew.

Police seized over 14,000 marijuana plants estimated to be worth more than $40 million in the past week.

Two cases of serious assault against women were reported in the last 24 hours.

Thirty-nine arrests were made for breach of curfew restrictions from last night until this morning.

The Western Division recorded fifteen of the overall twenty-one arrests made for breach of curfew.

Two men aged 19 and 21 were arrested in Muanikoso, Nasinu as they were found sniffing glue and benzene.

Eleven people were arrested for breaching curfew restrictions last night.