THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Saturday morning destroyed 2,253.60 kilogrammes of marijuana with a street value of approximately $2,028,240,000. The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) also destroyed 512 kilogrammes of marijuana worth $153 million.

The narcotics destruction exercise occurred at the former Ministry of Housing tarmac, Homestretch Avenue in Georgetown.

The period of the drug seizures is from January 2023 to date, and most of the seizures mainly occurred in Police Regional Divisions #5 (Mahaica-Berbice) and #6 (East Berbice-Corentyne). There were also minor narcotics seizures in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). Several persons were charged and placed before the court while several plantations were found and destroyed.

Present at Saturday’s event was Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn; Troy Whittaker, the Officer-In-Charge of Police Narcotics Branch; Director of CANU James Singh along with other members of the Police Force and CANU.