Kane'ohe police arrested a 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman at a Lilipuna Road address early yesterday morning on drug and firearms charges.

Some $16,000 in cash was confiscated along with 22.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine with a street value of about $1,800, a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, ammunition for four types of weapons and drug paraphernalia. Police also seized the man's 1997 Chevrolet Blazer.

The suspects were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, unregistered firearms, detrimental drugs in the third degree and dangerous drugs in the second degree.

DRIVER KILLS TWO NENE, INJURES THIRD

An unknown motorist drove over three nene geese near Hilo this week, killing two of the endangered birds and injuring another.

The birds were obviously hit by a vehicle but there were no witnesses, said James Weller, a conservation resources enforcement officer with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

He found the Hawaiian geese in the Hilo-bound lane of Kalaniana'ole Street Tuesday afternoon.