IN a continued effort to clamp down on illegal drug operations nationwide, police held two major anti-narcotics exercises on April 11.

The officers destroyed an estimated $2.3 million worth of marijuana in Moruga and, in another exercise, arrested a man in the Belmont district for possession of marijuana and marijuana resin.

According to a police statement on April 12, police destroyed a marijuana plantation that consisted of about 2,000 plants, including fully-grown trees and 30 kilogrammes of cured marijuana.