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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sheehan Sam Seigafo, a former customs officer, has been convicted of bribery, attempted bribery of a public servant, importation of contraband and undeclared merchandise, and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison.
This case arises from...
Apia, SAMOA — (28 December, 2025) Police in the Independent State of Samoa have intensified their campaign against the spread of methamphetamine (meth), launching a series of coordinated raids that resulted in the arrest of 17 suspects — both men and women — between December 16 and 23.
Of the 17...
Apia, SAMOA — (December 15, 2025) A combined total of 6.173 kilograms of methamphetamine, smuggled from American Samoa, was intercepted by Samoa Customs officials in two separate operations at the independent state’s international air and sea ports over the weekend.
In a joint press release issued...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Customs officers have intercepted 1.4 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside a box of frozen chicken, after a targeted operation on Saturday uncovered the illicit shipment arriving from American Samoa.
In a statement, the Ministry of Customs and Revenue...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A courier for the American Samoa Power Authority, Chris Seui, has been charged after picking up a package from his personal mail at the post office that contained baggies of methamphetamine.
Seui is facing three criminal charges: possession of an uncontrolled substance (...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A transnational crime expert says New Zealand and Australia's status as the "cash cows" of the Pacific methamphetamine market is a driving factor in the drug crisis facing the region.
Jose Sousa-Santos, associate professor of practice at the University of Canterbury's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — She asks us to call her Lala — a pseudonym — to keep her safe.
There's a lot on the line as Lala is heavily involved on a number of levels in Samoa's meth trade.
"It’s like everywhere, it's flooding the town, kids are taking meth," she tells us.
It's no secret that Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean on Tuesday voiced his deep concern over claims made by the Samoa Police that American Samoa is the primary route for methamphetamine entering the Independent State of Samoa, and that children are being used to sell the drug.
Tuaolo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that police have received a number of tips recently from members of the public about meth sales in Apia and upon investigation it was revealed that a woman was allegedly selling methamphetamine (meth) from her place of business.
Lee...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — A senior bank official the National Reserve Bank of Tonga (NRBT) and his sister have been charged after being caught with 15 kilograms methamphetamine over the weekend.
Tēvita Nonu Kolokihakaufisi, 39, and 'Ana Longolongo Kolokihakaufisi, 37, appeared at the Magistrate's Court...