Kuru Kururu farmerโ€™s murder probe leads to ganja farm

As the investigation into the murder of Mark Ritchie which occurred last week Tuesday at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Highway continues, a suspect took police to a farm cultivated with cannabis in the Kuru Kururu Backlands.

Ritchie, a farmer from the village of Kuru Kururu, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning during an encounter with three bandits who escaped with a significant quantity of cash and jewellery after tying up the manโ€™s family with duct tape.

During the ruckus, Ritchie managed to chop one of the men in the face before he was shot and killed.

According to a police press release last evening, investigators found and destroyed a cannabis farm of about 1