Over $409M worth of ganja destroyed in Berbice River drug eradication exercise 

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:

Ranks from the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch and Regional Division 6 conducted two very successful Narcotics Eradication Exercises yesterday (Sunday), during which they found and destroyed more than $409M worth of Cannabis, as well as two unlicensed twelve-gauge shotguns and ammunition.

The first operation was conducted at Zion, Upper Berbice River, where a plot of land measuring about two (2) acres was discovered. The plot of land was being prepped for cultivation. A makeship camp was also discovered a short distance away from the fields, along with a drying area. The camp was about 30×20 feet in size and consisted of a living and kitchen area. The camp also contained about 350 lbs of dried Cannabis. The camp and dried cannabis were destroyed by fire.

𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃:

𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐬: $𝟏𝟒𝟐,𝟖𝟖𝟏,𝟒𝟖𝟎

𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞: $𝟏𝟒𝟐,𝟖𝟖𝟏,𝟒𝟖𝟎

Also, between 05:00hrs and 10:20hrs yesterday, ranks from the Narcotics Branch and Regional Division 6 conducted another Eradication Exercise at Kalkuni Upper Berbice River during which a plot of land measuring about two (2) acres was discovered. The plot of land contained about 3000 Cannabis plants ranging from two (2) to seven (7) feet in height. A makeshift camp and drying area was also discovered a short distance away. The camp was about 30×20 feet in size and contained about 650 lbs of dried Cannabis. Further searches of the camp were conducted and two twelve-gauge shotguns with no visible serial numbers, along with nineteen (19) twelve-gauge cartridges, were found.

Police took possession of both firearms and took them to the Narcotics Branch to be submitted to the Ballistics section for analysis. The camp, along with the dried Cannabis and plants, was all destroyed by fire. The exercise was incident-free.

𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃:

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭: $𝟏,𝟎𝟏𝟔,𝟒𝟎𝟎

𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐬: $𝟐𝟔𝟓,𝟑𝟓𝟏,𝟑𝟐𝟎

𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞: $𝟐𝟔𝟔,𝟑𝟔𝟕,𝟕𝟐𝟎

𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: $𝟒𝟎𝟗,𝟐𝟒𝟗,𝟐𝟎𝟎