Police burn 53,000 cannabis plants at Yaruni Bend, Linden
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.
🇬🇾 Yaruni Bend, Linden, Upper Demerara River · Guyana
- Plants destroyed
- 53,000
- Hectares
- 3.2
- Cannabis
- 4.5 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- GYD 22,038,728
Police destroyed about 53,000 cannabis plants on two farms at Yaruni Bend, Linden, in the Upper Demerara River area on 10 September 2026.[1][2] The farms covered a combined eight acres (about 3.24 hectares), and the plants were between two and six feet tall.[1][2]
The eradication exercise ran from 05:30 to 16:36.[1] Officers also found two makeshift camps and two drying areas holding a combined 10 pounds (about 4.5 kg) of dried cannabis; the plants, camps and drying areas were destroyed by fire.[1][2]
No arrests were made and investigations continue.[1][2] The Guyana Police Force put the value of the destroyed narcotics at GY$22,038,728.[1]
Photos and video
- A cannabis field found at Yaruni Bend, Linden Photos: Ignite News
- Police photographs of the farms and drying areas destroyed by fire Photos: iNews Guyana, archived copy
Sources
- $22M worth of ganja destroyed during police operation in Upper Demerara River. iNews Guyana, 11 September 2026. Archived copy.
- Police destroy 53,000 cannabis plants valued at $22 million in Linden. Ignite News, 11 September 2026.