Police carry out a joint drug eradication exercise at Kimbia in the Upper Berbice River area, where officers find and destroy cannabis plants. According to reports, the operation takes place between May 28 and May 29, 2026, involving ranks operating under a Gazetted Officer. Officers discover a cannabis field covering about three acres of farmland. The plants are described as ranging from roughly two to four feet in height. During the exercise, police remove the plants and destroy them by fire, according to the accounts. Both outlets describe the same approximate scale of the seizure—about 5,000 cannabis plants—at the same location. The reports present the action as part of ongoing efforts to eradicate illegal cultivation in the region and do not add details about arrests, further investigations, or the source of the crop.
Police eradicate about 5,000 cannabis plants in Upper Berbice River operation
Police carry out a joint drug eradication exercise at Kimbia in the Upper Berbice River area, where officers find and destroy cannabis plants. According to reports, the operation takes place between M...
- A joint police eradication operation is conducted at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River.
- Officers discover about three acres of cannabis farmland.
- Police estimate the number of cannabis plants at approximately 5,000.
- Plants are uprooted and destroyed by fire.
- The operation is carried out between May 28 and 29, 2026.
POLICE have destroyed approximately 5,000 cannabis plants during a joint eradication exercise conducted at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River. The operation, led by a Gazetted Officer, was carried out between May 28 and 29, 2026. During the exercise, ranks discovered a three-acre cannabis field containing plants ranging between two and four feet in height. Police said […]
2 months agoAs police continue their drug eradication exercise, a joint operation at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River, between Wednesday and Thursday led to the discovery of approximately three acres of farmland cultivated with about 5,000 cannabis plants. The plants ranged from two to four feet in height. The cannabis plants were uprooted and destroyed by fire. The […] The post More ganja found along Berbice River during joint operation appeared first on INews Guyana.
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