Police burn 150,000 cannabis plants at Wiruni on Berbice River
A Guyana Police party destroyed two cannabis farms at Wiruni on the Berbice River on 12 April 2024: a 20-acre plot holding 1,200 pounds of dried cannabis and a 10-acre plot with 150,000 plants, valued together at about G$540.7 million. No arrests were made.
A party of Guyana Police led by an Assistant Superintendent conducted an eradication exercise
at Wiruni on the Berbice River between 03:00 and 16:05 hours on Friday 12 April 2024.[1][2]
On the first farm, covering about 20 acres, the ranks found a makeshift camp and a drying
area holding about 1,200 pounds (about 544 kg) of dried cannabis, which police valued at
G$489,879,360.[1][2]The second farm covered about 10 acres and held about 150,000 plants,
valued at G$50,820,000.[1][2]Both farms were destroyed by fire.[1][2]
No arrests were made during the exercise, according to the police.[1]
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Dried cannabis found on the first Wiruni farm, in a Guyana Police Force handout photograph.Photo details
Police put the whole weekend's Berbice River seizures at over G$571.6 million; this report covers the Friday Wiruni operation only, with the Saturday Kaiwa exercise in a separate report.
Whether any suspects were later identified or charged was not reported in the available accounts.
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.
