Guyana police destroy 5,500-plant marijuana farm at Millie’s Hideout
On Saturday 12 January 2019, Guyana Police Force officers destroyed two marijuana farms at 8 Miles, Millie’s Hideout, in the Upper Demerara River. The farms held about 5,500 plants (an estimated 900 kg) together with nurseries, four camps and 300 kg of dried cannabis; no one was on the sites. The article’s main focus is decriminalisation politics, not the police operation.
🇬🇾 8 Miles, Millie's Hideout, Upper Demerara River · Guyana
On Saturday 12 January 2019, Guyana Police went to 8 Miles, Millie’s Hideout, in
the Upper Demerara River and destroyed a two-acre marijuana farm holding about
2,500 plants, estimated at 675 kilogrammes.[1]At that site they also
destroyed several nurseries with about 3,000 plants, four makeshift camps and
about 200 kilogrammes of dried cannabis.[1]About seven miles away they
destroyed a second cultivation of about 1,500 plants (225 kg) together with a
nursery of 1,500 plants and a camp holding 100 kg of dried cannabis.[1]Police
said the plants, camps, dried cannabis and other items were photographed and
destroyed by fire, and that no one was found on the farms.[1]
The destruction came the day after the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) promised
to decriminalise cultivation of marijuana and hemp; the article is chiefly about
decriminalisation politics, not the police operation.[1]LJP leader Lenox
Shuman said at the party’s launch that Guyana’s jails are packed with people
caught with small amounts of marijuana while successive governments have failed
to decriminalise it.[1]
Photos and video
Marijuana farm image published with the Demerara Waves report of the 8 Miles, Millie’s Hideout destruction. Photo: Demerara WavesPhoto details
The destruction is dated to Saturday 12 January 2019, but the article does not state the exact date, and no second outlet could be found to confirm it.
The 675 kg and 225 kg plant figures are police estimates, not measured weights.
The report names no cultivators or owners of the farms and gives no later investigation outcome.
All the cannabis figures in this event are reported by Guyana Police; no independent measurement was published.
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.
