Guyana police burn 95,000 cannabis plants on Upper Berbice River
On 15 October 2025 Guyana Police destroyed four cannabis farms covering about sixteen acres at Kuyarakuru Creek and Sabina Point on the Upper Berbice River, along with a camp and 90 pounds of dried cannabis. No one was arrested; the force valued the destroyed drugs at about GY$71 million.
🇬🇾 Kuyarakuru Creek and Sabina Point, Upper Berbice River · Guyana
Ranks from the Guyana Police Force Narcotics Branch and Regional Division Six carried out a joint
eradication exercise at Kuyarakuru Creek and Sabina Point on the Upper Berbice River on 15 October
2025.[1][2]Police Headquarters said the teams found four separate farms covering about sixteen
acres (roughly 6.5 hectares) with an estimated 95,000 cannabis plants between two and seven feet
tall.[1][2][3]
Officers also found a 30-by-20-foot makeshift camp holding about 90 pounds (roughly 41 kg) of dried
cannabis.[1][2][3]They burned the plants, the dried stock and the camp.[1][2]
No arrests were made and investigations continue.[2]The Guyana Police Force put the total street
value of the destroyed narcotics at GY$70,968,116, including GY$32,186,000 for the standing plants
and GY$38,782,116 for the dried cannabis.[1][2][3]
Stabroek News reported that the operation ran from 04:00 hrs to 18:30 hrs on the Tuesday and was led by gazetted officers from the Narcotics Branch of Regional Division #6.[3]
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Collage of police photographs from the eradication exercise, credited to the Guyana Police Force.Photo details
Source: Kaieteur News · archived copyDried marijuana from the destroyed camp, captioned "The dried marijuana being destroyed" in the Stabroek News report. Photo: Guyana Police Force handoutPhoto details
News Room Guyana said the operation ran from 04:00 to 06:30 hrs while Kaieteur News reported 04:00 to 18:30 hrs on the same farms.
Guyana Times dated the raid to Tuesday 14 October 2025 whereas News Room published on Wednesday 15 October 2025 as a Wednesday operation.
The pin is an approximate point on the Upper Berbice River; the sources name creeks but give no coordinates.
Stabroek News gives the operation's timing as 04:00 to 18:30 hrs on the Tuesday, which supports the Kaieteur News timing over the News Room Guyana figure of 04:00 to 06:30 hrs.
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.
