Police ranks led by a gazetted officer conducted an eradication exercise at Ebini in the Upper Berbice River between 09:00 and 18:00 on Saturday, 12 September 2026.[1][2] They located about one acre (0.40 hectares) of cultivation with roughly 700 suspected cannabis plants, which police described as between four and seven feet tall.[1][2] Officers also found a makeshift camp measuring around 20 by 20 feet and approximately 100 pounds (45.36 kg) of dried cannabis.[1][2]

Police said they destroyed the plants, dried cannabis and camp by fire and valued the destroyed narcotics at GY$41,060,440.[1][2] Both Kaieteur News and Guyana Times reported that no arrests were made and investigations were continuing.[1][2] Neither report names a suspected grower, gives a weight for the standing plants or says who owned the camp.[1][2] The newspapers’ reports repeat information attributed to police; no independent measurement is described.[1][2] The accompanying photographs show a cannabis field and burning plants or site materials, but do not identify a specific plot within Ebini.[1][2]