Police in Regional Division Six today conducted an eradication exercise at Gateroy Village, Berbice River.
Led by a gazetted officer, the ranks went to the location where a field measuring approximately ten acres with approximately 115,000 cultivated plants measuring between one and five feet in height with an average weight of 2,785lbs were discovered.
Cops also found four makeshift camps and one drying area, which had about 215 cannabis plants drying which was estimated at 3,000lbs.
The estimated value of the live and dried cannabis is approximately $90M.
The cannabis and camps were destroyed by fire.
