Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River, between 7.30 am and 5 pm on Wednesday during which two cannabis farms spanning seven acres and a quantity of marijuana with a street value of $151,480,323 were found and destroyed.
A police release yesterday said that the first farm was approximately five acres in size. It had fifty beds and each bed had four hundred and sixty plants between one foot and two feet in height.
There were a total of 23,000 plants, with an average weight 25,300 kg, and with a street value of $3,896,200.
A makeshift camp which had kitchen utensils, a quantity of groceries and 90.71kg of dried cannabis, with a street value of $81,639,000 were also found.
The second farm was two acres in size, with 3,728 plants, ranging from one foot to three feet in height with an average weight of 4,100 kg and with a street value of $631, 523.
There was also a makeshift camp made of wooden posts and white plastic, which had 72.57 kg of dried cannabis with a street value of $65,313,000.
