GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 29, CMC – Police sat they have destroyed more than GUY$400 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) in illegal drugs during operations in the Upper Berbice River on Sunday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a statement said that members of the Narcotics Branch and Regional Division Six carried out two major eradication exercises in the Upper Berbice River, wiping confiscating marijuana and seizing two illegal shotguns with ammunition.
They said in the first operation, lawmen uncovered a two-acre plot being prepared for cultivation and “not far from the field, they discovered a 30×20 ft. makeshift camp equipped with both a living and kitchen area.
“Inside the camp was a drying section holding some 350 lbs of dried cannabis, valued at over GUY$142.8 million. Both the camp and the cannabis were destroyed by fire.”
In the second operation, police found another two-acre farm with about 3,000 cannabis plants ranging between two and seven feet in height. A camp of similar size, complete with a drying area, was also uncovered. Inside, police seized 650 lbs of dried cannabis, along with two unlicensed twelve-gauge shotguns and 19 matching cartridges.
They said the weapons, which carried no visible serial numbers, have since been submitted to the Ballistics Section for analysis. The cannabis plants, dried marijuana, and camp were all destroyed at the scene.
Police estimate the value of the narcotics destroyed in this second operation to be more than GUY$266 million, bringing the total from both exercises to GUY$409,249,200.
The polic said that both exercises were carried out without incident, marking another significant blow to the illegal drug trade in the Berbice River region.
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