The village council of Satapuala has revised its village bylaws to enable it to hand down tougher penalties to anyone found guilty of drug possesion or peddling.
Anyone found guilty will be fined $10,000 tala and if they fail to pay the fine by 4pm the next day, they are to be banished from Satapuala.
The council will also report them to police.
Village mayor Tiumalu Me'i Elia told the Samoa Observer one family was slapped with a $10,000 tala fine last year after a police raid netted a large number of marijuana plants from a plantation.
