Approximately 18,000 Marijuana plants were destroyed in the Berbice river during a narcotics eradication exercise.
The exercise was conducted by a gazetted officer and ranks of the Guyana Police Force on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in the Berbice River.
According to a release from the Guyana Police Force, during the operation, approximately eighteen thousand plants ranging between one and six feet in height were destroyed.
The Narcotics eradication exercise was conducted at Gatetroy and Bartica villages. Several acres of cannabis cultivation with makeshift tents and more than fifty kilograms of processed cannabis were destroyed.
The operation lasted for more than ten hours and no one was arrested.