{"version":1,"id":"gy","name":"Guyana","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/gy/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":0,"plants_destroyed":363500,"hectares":14.54,"kg_seized":204.1,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":2,"seizure":1,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-21","reports":[{"id":"guyana-berbice-river-eradication","code":"CET-NTNX9G","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/guyana-berbice-river-eradication/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/NTNX9G/","date":"2026-10-21","country":"gy","country_name":"Guyana","place":"Wiruni and Sandhills, Upper Berbice River","coordinates":[5.698,-57.838],"precision":"district","type":"eradication","also":[],"title":"Police burn 310,500 cannabis plants on 28 acres in the Upper Berbice River","summary":"Police spent over seventeen hours destroying seven cannabis cultivations, camps and drying sheds on savannahs at Wiruni and Sandhills, valued at over GY$165 million. 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Because a court cannot impose prison for possessing up to 30 g, he said, the police cannot detain a person for it before trial and bail must be granted; they should charge the person and bring them before a magistrate.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["thresholds"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":"guyana-attorney-general-no-detention-2024","sources":[{"title":"Illegal for police to lock up persons for small amounts of ganja, Nandlall (25 September 2024)","url":"https://www.mola.gov.gy/post/illegal-for-police-to-lock-up-persons-for-small-amounts-of-ganja-nandlall","publisher":"Ministry of Legal Affairs, Guyana","date":null,"archived":null}]}]}