Samoa authorities detain NZ passport holder following marijuana seizure at Faleolo International Airport
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 43-year-old Samoa national holding a New Zealand passport has been detained in Apia after allegedly being found with 90 grams of marijuana and drug parapherna

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