Police burn 14,110 marijuana trees at Barbados sugar factory
Police from the Northern Division destroyed 14,110 marijuana trees and 1,088 grams of cocaine at the Portvale Sugar Factory in St James on Saturday 13 November 2021. Police said the drugs came from operations across the island's northern districts, and put the total weight burned at 638 kilograms.
Police from the Northern Division, headed by acting Deputy Divisional Commander
Superintendent Adrian Broomes, destroyed narcotics at the Portvale Sugar Factory
in St James on Saturday 13 November 2021.[1]
The narcotics burned included 14,110 marijuana trees, ranging in height from
seedlings to 12 feet.[1]The load also included 1,088 grams of cocaine, which
is outside this tracker’s cannabis scope and is not counted in its figures.[1]Police put the total weight of the destroyed narcotics at 638 kilograms, or 289
pounds.[1]
Police said the drugs had been recovered through operations across the whole of
the island’s northern districts.[1]Members of the media and an independent
witness watched the destruction process.[1]
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