5,000 cannabis plants uprooted at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River
Guyana Police Force ranks found and burned about 5,000 cannabis plants on three acres of farmland at Kimbia in the Upper Berbice River. Police valued the destroyed narcotics at GYD 847,000 and said no one was arrested.
Guyana Police Force ranks took part in a joint eradication operation at Kimbia
in the Upper Berbice River that ran between Wednesday and Thursday.[1]Police
found the plants, between two and four feet tall, on about three acres of
farmland and destroyed them by fire.[2]The field held approximately 5,000
cannabis plants.[1]
Police put the street value of the destroyed narcotics at GYD 847,000.[1]No
arrests were made during the operation, which police said was conducted without
incident.[2]Police said investigations were continuing.[1]
The Kimbia operation followed police eradication work in the same area,
including an earlier exercise in April that destroyed about 310,000 plants on
two fields.[1]
Photos and video
Cannabis plants under cultivation, in the handout photo published with the police account of the Kimbia operation. Photo: Guyana Police ForcePhoto details
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.
Plants destroyed 310,500Area 11.3 haCannabis 199.6 kg
In a 12-hour exercise at Wiruni on the Upper Berbice River on 11 October 2026, Guyana Police destroyed four cannabis cultivations of about seven acres holding roughly 37,000 plants, plus a makeshift camp with about 40 pounds of dried cannabis, worth G$26,832,112 combined. No arrests were made.
Guyana police said they burned about 700 plants, 100 pounds of dried cannabis and a makeshift camp at Ebini on 12 September 2026; no arrests were made. Police valued the destroyed narcotics at GY$41,060,440.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 700Area 0.4 haCannabis 45.36 kg
Police spent eleven hours destroying two cannabis farms covering eight acres at Yaruni Bend in the Upper Demerara River, along with two camps and 10 pounds of dried cannabis. No arrests were made.
