As the Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues its drug eradication exercise, over $551 million worth of ganja was destroyed at De Veldt, Upper Berbice River, on Friday. During the eight-hour exercise, two fields with a combined area of approximately seven acres, with about 640,000 cannabis plants, were discovered. The plants ranged between four and 10 feet in height.
In addition, one large drying area was also found with about 850 pounds of dried cannabis. The cannabis plants, dried cannabis and drying area were all destroyed by fire. Police estimated the value of the narcotics destroyed to be $551,767,971. At the time of the raid, no arrests were made. Police are continuing their investigations.
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