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Five acres ganja destroyed in Berbice
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last Saturday conducted an eleven hour operation, which resulted in the destruction of about five acres of cannabis cultivation and three camps in the Berbice River.
The camps and cannabis that were destroyed by fire.
A statement issued by the Force revealed that there were about 3,300 plants ranging from six inches to six feet in height, with an average weight of 1,660 kilograms.
One of the camps, which was used to dry the prohibited plants was found with about 200 kilograms of processed cannabis.
Additionally, the ranks found a twelve gauge shotgun and a matching cartridge in another camp.
The cultivation, dried cannabis and camps were photographed; samples were obtained and then destroyed by fire.
No arrests made but investigators are tracing the ownership of the land.
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