Police destroy $1b of cannabis on Upper Berbice River

The police yesterday  destroyed $1b worth of cannabis at what appeared to be a well-tended and organized farm on the Upper Berbice River encompassing 21 acres.

A release today from the police said that ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch, in collaboration with ranks from Regional Police Division #6, conducted the eradication exercise at Kuyarakuru Creek, Upper Berbice River.

During the operation, ranks found an open savannah with six cannabis plots on 21 acres. The farm contained a combined total of approximately 118,000 cannabis plants ranging from two  to seven  feet in height. Eight camps and ten drying areas were also discovered, which contained a combined total of 2,500 lbs of dried cannabis. The farm contained the following machinery/equipment:

**One  tractor

** Seven tilling machines

** One chainsaw

** Two generators

** Six weeding machines

** Three mistblowers

** Sixteen spray cans

** Nine water pumps

The cannabis plants, dried cannabis, camps and drying areas were destroyed by fire. The exercise was incident-free. There was no mention of any person being found on the farm.