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detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics / K-9 Units at the Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Live marijuana plants and weapons were found when a team of about 15 police detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics/ K-9 Units executed two search warrants for illegal drugs and weapons in Ofu, Manu’a. The warrants were to search residences, properties and the person...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man convicted of unlawful possession of illegal drugs and a firearm was sentenced to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility last week as a condition of his 5 year-probation. Valaau Fa’aaliga, who has been in custody since his arrest unable...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the men arrested after police raided a home in Tafuna last year in search of drugs and weapons has pled guilty. Talosaga Vaili, 42, was initially charged with one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a felony punishable by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police carried out more than 20 drug raids last year and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has again called for “effective strategies” to combat the flow of drugs and illegal weapons into the territory, which will host for the first time this year, the annual conference of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has granted a motion from Assistant Attorney General Christy Dunn to continue the jury trial for drug defendant Cody Wood. During court proceedings last Friday, prosecutor Dunn informed the court that the federal shutdown has resulted in the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man facing multiple charges for illegal possession of weapons and drugs entered a 'not guilty' plea during arraignment yesterday morning in District Court. Samuel Gaisoa is scheduled for a pretrial conference on February 28, 2019. He is represented by private...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has found probable cause to bind over to the High Court, the government's case against Samuel Gaisoa, who is expected to enter a 'not guilty' plea this morning during arraignment. Gaisoa, who is out on $50,000 bond, is facing multiple...