Around 25,000 kg Cannabis plants destroyed at Ebini

One of the farms (Police photo)

Earlier yesterday, between 9 am and 4 pm, Police ranks conducted an Eradication Exercise at Ebini backdam, Berbice River, during which two cannabis farms were found and destroyed.

A release from the police said that the first farm was approximately two acres in size, with plants ranging from two feet to six feet. There were 130 beds and each bed had 68 plants. A total of 8,840  plants, with a weight of 19,448 kg and with a street value of $2,994,992 were destroyed.