Police burn 310,500 cannabis plants on 28 acres in the Upper Berbice River
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. No one was arrested; investigations continue.
🇬🇾 Wiruni and Sandhills, Upper Berbice River · Guyana
- Plants destroyed
- 310,500
- Hectares
- 11.3
- Cannabis
- 199.6 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- GYD 165,071,544
Police ranks led by a Gazetted Officer ran cannabis eradication exercises at Wiruni and Sandhills in the Upper Berbice River between 01:40 and 19:10 on Wednesday 21 October 2026.[1][2] Across two open savannahs they found seven cultivations covering about 28 acres (around 11.3 hectares), holding an estimated 310,500 plants between one and six feet tall.[1][2]
The sites also held seven makeshift camps and six drying sheds, along with about 440 pounds (about 200 kilograms) of dried cannabis.[1] Everything was destroyed by fire at the locations; police put the combined value at GY$165,071,544.[1]
No arrests were made, and investigations are ongoing.[1]
Sources
- $165M worth of ganja destroyed in Upper Berbice River. iNews Guyana, 22 October 2026.
- $165M worth of ganja destroyed in Upper Berbice River. Guyana Inquirer, 22 October 2026. Archived copy.