Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Friendship Savannah in the Upper Berbice River, during which three marijuana camps/farms were found, and approximately $41m worth of narcotics were destroyed, the police said yesterday.
The Police operation was conducted on Monday between 10:00 and 19:10 hrs during which three camps, one ‘drying area’ and three cannabis farms were located.
At the first camp, one farm was located, measuring about one acre, with about 200 cannabis plants measuring approximately three feet in height.
At the second camp, one farm was seen measuring two acres with about four hundred plants ranging from six inches to eight inches in height.
At the third camp, a drying area was seen with about 100 pounds of cannabis and a farm measuring about two acres with about four hundred plants ranging from one (1) inch to six (6) inches in height. Also, nine live 12-gauge cartridges were found.
The cannabis plants were extracted from the soil and set on fire, along with the camps, the police said.
