Joint Services destroy $1.5B in ganja found along Berbice River

A Joint Services operation at Ebini and DeVeldt along the Berbice River has led to the discovery and subsequent destruction of 18 acres of cannabis sativa plants and dried marijuana with a street value of $1.54 billion.
Police in a statement related that, acting on information received, a joint operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force (Coast Guard) went to Ebini and DeVeldt villages in the Upper Berbice River, where approximately 58,000 cannabis sativa plants ranging from three inches to ten feet in height were discovered. The plants were destroyed along with three makeshift camps.

One trailer and two ploughs, and a large quantity of dried ganja were also found at the location. The Police added that the value of the cannabis sativa destroyed by fire is estimated at $1,547,388,320.
At time of the operation, no one was found in the area, but investigations are ongoing.
Back in November last year, a joint operation had also led to the discovery of 17 acres of ganja with approximately 27,000 cannabis plants ranging from two to six feet in height, with an estimated street value of $340,194,300.
One month prior, a similar operation at said location unearthed $489 million worth of marijuana. A 37-year-old farmer of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara (WCD), who was attending to the cannabis plants, was arrested and has since been placed before the courts.