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Man and woman face drug charges after ‘roach’ intitially found in their vehicle

American Samoa District Court building
Joyetter@samoanews.com

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eddieboy Va’avale 29 and Dora Sua 40 have both been charged after a traffic stop where illegal drugs were found.

Va’avale is held on bail of $3,000 while Sua’s bail is set at $5,000. They made their initial appearances in the District Court last week Friday.

According to the government’s case on Feb. 20, 2023 the Vice and Narcotics Unit was notified when a traffic stop allegedly found controlled substances.

The criminal complaint says that a traffic stop occurred due to the driver of the vehicle not wearing her seatbelt.

The female driver was then found to “not have a driver's license and the vehicle along with the driver and her male passenger … were taken to the Leone Police station [sic] for further investigation.”

Sua was identified as the driver of the vehicle; while, she was accompanied by Va’avale.

During the inventory, a roach was discovered near the driver's seat and the driver said she had no knowledge of the roach.

Police also found a glass pipe containing a crystalline substance in Sua’s belongings. The crystalline substance was later tested, and it was positive for methamphetamine (meth).

Police also tested the substance contained in the roach, and it was found  positive for THC/ Marijuana.

The government’s case further reveals that a stamp sized baggie containing a crystalline substance was discovered in Va’avale’s possession, and it tested positive for meth.

Va’avale told police he did not know who owned the meth baggie found in his possession and that he was unaware that Sua had a meth pipe inside the car.