Police destroy $26.8M worth of ganja at Wiruni

A 12-hour drug eradication exercise at Wiruni, Upper Berbice River, on Sunday has led to the discovery and destruction of four cannabis fields measuring approximately seven acres in total.

The first cultivation measured approximately two acres and contained about 15,000 cannabis plants ranging between four and six feet in height. A makeshift camp containing approximately 40 pounds of dried cannabis was also discovered.

The second cultivation measured approximately one acre and contained about 4000 ganja plants ranging between five inches and one foot in height.