OFFICERS from Regional Division #10 conducted yet another successful “eradication exercise” on Thursday at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River, where four cannabis farms (5.5 acres altogether) with an estimated street value of $159,932,960 were found and destroyed.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the first farm was approximately two acres in size.

It had 160 beds and each bed had 40 plants, ranging from one to four feet in height. A total of 6,400 plants, with an average weight of 7,040 kg and a street value of $1,084,160 were found on this farm.

The second farm was also two acres in size with 5,000 plants, ranging from one to four feet, with an average weight of 5,000 kg and a street value of $847,000.

There was a makeshift camp made of wooden posts and black and white plastic, which had a quantity of kitchen utensils and groceries.

There was a black and white plastic on the ground which contained 45.359 kg of dried cannabis and another plastic in a barn which had 27.217 kg of dried cannabis, a total of 72.575 kg with a street value of $65,317,500.

The third farm was one acre in size with 1,000 plants ranging from one to five feet with an average weight of 2,200 kg and with a street value of $338,800.

There was a makeshift camp which had groceries and kitchen utensils, and a quantity of fertiliser bags and one large garbage bag containing 76.204 kg of dried cannabis.

There was also another set of dried cannabis in a barn nearby. That set of cannabis weighed 15.422 kg with a total of 91.626 kg and a street value of $82,463,400.

The fourth farm was half an acre in size with 500 plants, ranging from one to three feet, with an average weight of 550 kg and a street value of $84,700.

There was a makeshift camp with kitchen utensils and groceries, as well as two fertiliser bags which contained 10.886 kg of dried cannabis with a street value of $9,797,400.

Photographs were taken and all the farms were set on fire and destroyed. The tallest plants were taken to the Mackenzie Police Station where they were sealed, marked and lodged. No one was arrested.