12 Aug 2009

Police raids in Samoa discover large quantity of illegal drugs

9:51 am on 12 August 2009

A raid by police in Samoa have found a large quantity of illegal drugs such as cannabis.

A business at the industrial zone at Vaitele was raided two days ago where a man and a woman were arrested and taken for police questioning relating to drugs found in a house in the area.

Police have confirmed the man was an ex-convict suspected of being involved in a drug ring, who distributes cannabis to young men for the purpose of selling it.