An operation jointly conducted on Thursday by the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard has led to the discovery of over $3.2 billion worth of ganja in the Berbice River.
Police have said that what were discovered were some 10 acres of land which contained 6,000 cannabis sativa plants ranging in height from three inches to six feet, and about 8000 pounds of dried cannabis sativa in a house at Gateroy, Upper Berbice River.
According to Police, two makeshift camps, a wooden house and a quantity of farming tools were also discovered.
Police have said the value of the cannabis sativa is estimated at $3,267,897,900. No one was arrested, but all of the plants, along with the makeshift camps and the wooden house, were destroyed.
