Police conducted an eradication exercise yesterday in Bartica and Fort Nassau, Upper Berbice River, where they discovered illegal firearms and destroyed thousands of cannabis plants valued at some $295 million.
According to the police, the exercise was conducted between the hours of 04.00 and 11.00 when ranks discovered a plot of land at Bartica, Upper Berbice River with about 35,000 cannabis plants under cultivation. Two makeshift camps were also found with a drying area that contained dried cannabis plants weighing about 200 pounds along with 40 pounds of cannabis seeds. A search of the farm also unearthed a loaded 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun – serial number #11KZR17388 – along with a quantity of ammunition.