Located in the centre of the township, the village of Apia will focus its attention on how it will go about preventing the worst-case scenario involving the use of meth or 'aisa' and prioritise the involvement of teenagers and minors.

In an interview with the Samoa Observer, the village mayor of Apia, Tuiletufuga Fritz Tuiavii explained that the matter will not be taken lightly by the chiefs and Aumaga in the village and urged the police to strengthen their role in investigating drugs within Apia as it is the centre of all villages.

"We need to do something because the concern is that many youths, teenagers, and younger generation are getting involved," he said.

"The Aumaga and the chiefs have been advised to keep an eye on this matter around the village and even if one of them is involved then they will also face the same fate because we have bylaws registered under the Ministry of Women.

"The village is not giving up on their investigations on the matter and there are suspects but our investigations are still silent and we have also advised the police not to give up on their investigations."

Asked if this is the first time a drug raid confiscated methamphetamine within Apia, Tuiletufuga said no and believes that the other drug bust about six years ago was not properly investigated.

He added that the village will boost its performance as chiefs and residents of the village to look further into the involvement of its residents in drugs and work with police in handling this matter.

Another high chief in the village who did not want to be named also told this newspaper in an interview that the village will prioritise their investigations on the involvement of teenagers, youths, and younger generations especially child street vendors who are being used as runners for drugs.

"This is a really big concern for Apia because we are the centre of the town and everything also relies on our village but the big concern is the involvement of these young kids who are being used as runners by these people," he said.

"Our village is one of the villages with many street vendors especially children and the chiefs have met on how we can go about handling this issue for children and we will be looking at things like supervising what they watch on their devices or television.

"This has already happened to kids despite the belief that we keep saying that they are young kids and they can never get involved but they are and we see that now so we need to up our game in how we can ensure a safer future for the younger generations of Apia."

According to the chief and Tuiletufuga, the drug cases being found in Apia are not new but their priority is methamphetamine which is also now becoming as popular as marijuana.