26 Jan 2019

Big marijuana bust in Vanuatu

8:48 am on 26 January 2019

One hundred two-metre high marijuana plants from a plot at Blacksands on the outskirts of Port Vila have been seized by Vanuatu's Police Drug Unit

Cannabis plant

Cannabis plant Photo: AFP

Highlighted on the front page of the Daily Post as "Blacksands Pot Bust", the uprooted plants filled an entire police van.

Police have arrested two men from Tanna thought to be the growers.

Another two men were also arrested on Tanna for planting marijuana.

It is against the law to cultivate, use or sell marijuana in Vanuatu.