Over $3b of ganja plants destroyed at Gaetroy

A joint operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force (Coast Guard) has led to the discovery of ten acres with approximately six thousand Cannabis Sativa plants ranging from three inches to six feet in height, and about eight thousand  pounds of dry Cannabis Sativa in a house.

Acting on information received, Joint Services ranks went to Gaetroy, Upper Berbice River, where they destroyed the Cannabis Sativa plants, two makeshift camps, one wooden house and a quantity of farming tools.

A release from the police said that the estimated value of the Cannabis Sativa destroyed is $3,267,897,900. No one was arrested.

Part of the cultivation that was destroyed