Today, ranks of Regional Division Six, led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, conducted an eradication exercise at Fort Nassau Savannah, Upper Berbice River, where a farm consisting of about 10,000 cannabis sativa plants ranging from three to five feet in height with a street value of $4M was destroyed.
As police approached the camp, three men were seen running into the nearby bushes where they escaped.
Another farm was discovered in the said area with about 450 beds that were already reaped, and a makeshift camp containing 900 pounds of compressed cannabis sativa valued $27M was discovered.
A nursery consisting of 5000 plants, along with a .38 revolver and a single barrel shotgun were also found.
The makeshift camp, plants and compressed cannabis sativa were all destroyed by fire and the firearms were taken to Central Police Station and lodged.
