Police in Regional Division 6, on Wednesday, between 04:00hrs and 15:30hrs, conducted a successful drug eradication exercise at separate locations along the Berbice River.
Led by an Assistant Superintendent, the party of police ranks conducted the exercise using motor vessel Marine 6.
Two plots of land (cannabis farms) were discovered along the Berbice River during the first part of the exercise.
The farms measured approximately one acre each. About 10,000 plants in total were cultivated on the two farms, with the cannabis plants measuring between one and five feet in height, and with an average weight of 250lbs.
The estimated value of the eradicated cannabis at this location is approximately $7,500,000. Both farms were destroyed by fire during the exercise.
As the police ranks continued their exercise along the Berbice River, another plot of land (ganja farm) was discovered at Gateroy Village which was about six acres with approximately 50,000 plants.
Those plants were between one and six feet in height, with a weight of about 1,250 pounds. Cops also discovered two make-shift camps. The cannabis and camps were destroyed by fire.
The estimated value of the eradicated cannabis at the farm at Gateroy Village is $37,500,000.
The total weight of all the cannabis eradicated at both locations during the exercise on April 20th is approxinately 1,500 pounds and valued at $45,000,000.
