ON Saturday, April 20, 2024, between 05:00 hours and 13:00 hours, a party of police conducted an ‘Eradication Exercise’ at Kaiwa, Upper Berbice River, where one cannabis farm was found.

According to the police, almost $50 million in dried cannabis and cannabis plants in various stages of growth were found and destroyed.

“This farm was approximately four (4) acres in size and had about six thousand cannabis plants ranging from 6 inches to 4 ft in height, with a total weight of 6,600 kg and street value of $1,016,400.

There was also a small nursery that had approximately twenty thousand (20,000) seedlings.

In a ‘make-shift’ camp which had kitchen utensils and groceries, police also found 54.431kg of dried cannabis, which carries a street value of $48,987, 900,“ the police said.

Photographs were taken, and the farm, the nursery and camp, were all destroyed.

The tallest plant was transported to the Mackenzie Police Station, where it was sealed, marked, and lodged.

No arrest was made.