Ranks from CID Headquarters (Narcotics Branch) conducted an eradication exercise on Friday at a location called ‘Old Vigilante’ in the Upper Berbice River, during which approximately $392m worth of marijuana was found and destroyed.
During the exercise, conducted between 04:00 and 23:10hrs, a plot of land measuring about four acres was discovered. The police said in a statement that the plot of land contained about 12,000 plants ranging from three to seven feet in height. A makeshift camp was discovered a few feet away from the farm. The camp was about 40×20 feet in size, and consisted of a kitchen area and drying area. The drying area contained about 950 lbs of dried cannabis.
The farm and makeshift camp were all photographed and then destroyed by fire.
Following is a valuation of the narcotics destroyed:
** Narcotic plants: $4,065,600
** Dried Cannabis: $387,821,160
No arrest was made, and the exercise was incident-free.