10,000 ganja plants destroyed during separate eradication exercises in Linden

Almost 7000 cannabis plants ranging from two to six feet in height were destroyed at a seven-acre marijuana farm by the police on Sunday last. These plants were estimated to weigh about 485 kilograms.
Reports are that between 10:30h and 12:00h on the day in question, several ranks of E Division (Linden-Kwakwani) went to Eleven Miles, off of the Ituni Main Road, Upper Demerara where the discovery was made.
There was also a makeshift camp along with a quantity of kitchen utensils and foodstuff at that location. However, when the police arrived at that location, there was no one in sight.
The farm was subsequently destroyed by fire. On Saturday last, ranks of E Division also made a similar discovery at the back of the Wisroc village, Wismar, Linden.
Police acting on information ventured to that location where the one-and-a-half-acre marijuana farm was found. It is averaged that there were close 2500-3000 cannabis plants cultivated there ranging from one foot to six and a half feet.
The police said that there was also a makeshift tent at that location comprising one hammock, a quantity of utensils, as well as green and dried suspect cannabis on this farm. The cannabis plants had an estimated weight of 250 kilograms and were also destroyed by fire.
In both cases, each location was marked and samples were taken. No arrests have been made in either matter as investigations continue.

Last month, Head of the Police Narcotics Branch, Senior Superintendent Kurleigh Simon told this publication that there were several major cannabis busts and interceptions of individuals transporting the illicit substance from Berbice, Region Six and Linden, Region 10, and this is because this illicit substance is largely cultivated in those areas.
Simon had said that for the first quarter of 2019, the Police Narcotics Branch completed in excess of 15 eradication exercises in Berbice, and these were done in more than 30 fields where marijuana was being cultivated and harvested.
“Since the year started, [the] total eradication exercises totalled in excess of 50 acres of land that cannabis was grown [on].”
According to the Senior Superintendent, a lot of work has been done by ranks during the first quarter of 2019 in comparison to what was completed for the entirety of last year.