Police on foot patrol in Auki town, Malaita Province, saw a man drinking homebrew (kwaso) beside a shop while carrying a large basket, according to a Royal Solomon Islands Police Force media release. A search of the basket found bundles of dried marijuana.
Police put the street value at about SBD 3,000; no weight or number of bundles is given. The arrest was on 7 May 2025. The man is 25 years old and is not named. He was remanded at Auki Correctional Facility awaiting a court date. No court outcome is reported.
Why it matters: A basket of marijuana worth a few thousand dollars puts a young man in a correctional facility before any hearing. How long he waited is not reported.
Source: Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (media release, republished on solomons.gov.sb), 2025-05-15 (translated from en). Forgotten Prisoner's account is based on this reporting. An arrest or charge is not proof of guilt.