As Guyana Police (GPF) continues its drug elimination exercise, more than $ 100 million in ganja was found and destroyed in De Veldt Savannah, Upper Berbice River on Saturday.
The exercise was led by two senior officers of the Police Narcotics Branch and lasted more than 13 hours.
During the exercise, the ranks discovered three cannabis farms that measured about 15 acres and contained about 600,000 ganja plants ranging from six inches to five feet high. In addition, six change camps were discovered.
Apparently, there were three men in the camps who ran to the bushes and escaped seeing the Police.
A search was carried out in the area where one 12 meter barrel shotgun was found along with two live 12 meter cartridges and one empty shell.
In addition, a quantity of cannabis was found wrapped in transparent plastic bags. When the illegal substance was weighed, it totaled 40 lbs.
The camps and ganja plants were destroyed by fire. No one was arrested.
Police are continuing their investigations.
In November 2020, a total of 12 acres of marijuana killing was discovered and destroyed in Haraculli Creek, Berbice River.
The illegal drugs are estimated to have a street value of $ 220 million. The elimination exercise consisted of 18 ranks in total.
An additional plot of land – about six acres – was reported ready for cultivation and 60 kilograms of harvested cannabis were found and three camps were found there.