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The 16 men and one woman arrested in a major drugs operation in Tongatapu over the Easter weekend remain in custody pending bail hearing.

Police are concerned with a significant amount of firearms and ammunition that have been smuggled into Tonga and the risks they pose to community safety, a Deputy Police Commissioner warned today, after more seizures of ammunition and cannabis were made by Tonga Police on April 30, at different locations in Tongatapu.

A 32-year-old man from Ma’ufanga was arrested with cannabis on April 6. He has been charged with possession of the illicit drug.

Seven suspects were arrested by Tonga Police with 14 packs of methamphetamine and two packs of cannabis, in a series of drug busts in three different locations in Tongatapu today, February 21.

No arrest has been made in the seizure of 29 cannabis plants from a bush allotment at Fonongahina near Sia’atoutai on February 12.

A total of 2665 cannabis plants were uprooted and seized from a bush allotment in Mataika, Vava’u on Monday, September 24 making it Tonga’s largest cannabis bust to date.

The two Tongan men arrested and charged in relation to the seizure of 58 kilograms of cocaine worth around $30 million pa’anga in street value in Ha’apai have been released on bail in Nuku’alofa.

Five men including a police officer, arrested during a drug bust at a home in Ngele’ia on Friday, August 10, have been charged with possession of illicit drugs.

A 48-year-old man from Kolonga was arrested after being found in possession of two small packets of methamphetamine after failing to pay for petrol at the E.M. Jones petrol station on Monday, July 2 in Nuku’alofa.