By RODRICK DESURI 

AUKI 

Auki Police in Malaita Province have confiscated three bags of kwaso and three boxes of marijuana from a person on Thursday at the Auki Jetty. 

Malaita Provincial Police Commander, (PPC) Superintendent Michael Ramosaea said the kwaso and marijuana were ready to be sent on a ship to Lord Howe when police intervened and confiscated them. 

He said a total of 65 bottles of kwaso were in the three bags, along with more than nine hundred small parcels of marijuana in the three boxes. 

“The three bags of Kwaso and three boxes of marijuana were ready to be sent to Lord Howe when police arrived at the scene and collected them.

“In the bags, there are 65 1.5-litre bottles full of kwaso and many small rolls and smaller parcels of marijuana that the police collected,” he said. 

He mentioned that among the kwaso and marijuana were a few boxes of medicines.

Superintendent Ramosaea said this operation was successful after one of his police officers went to the shop to send off something.

It was during this time that the officer noticed suspicious activities.

Meanwhile, Ramosaea said there have been no arrest and investigations will continue.

“There has been no arrest of the owner of those illegal drugs, he escaped. But police will investigate, and we have to arrest the person,” he said.

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