Kuru Kururu farmer’s murder probe leads to ganja farm

As the investigation into the murder of Mark Ritchie which occurred last week Tuesday at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Highway continues, a suspect took police to a farm cultivated with cannabis in the Kuru Kururu Backlands.

Ritchie, a farmer from the village of Kuru Kururu, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning during an encounter with three bandits who escaped with a significant quantity of cash and jewellery after tying up the man’s family with duct tape.

During the ruckus, Ritchie managed to chop one of the men in the face before he was shot and killed.

According to a police press release last evening, investigators found and destroyed a cannabis farm of about 1