The Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch and Regional Division 6 found and destroyed more than GY$409 million worth of cannabis in two operations in the Upper Berbice River area on Sunday 28 September 2025.[1] At Zion, Upper Berbice River, officers found about two acres of land that was being prepared for cultivation, with a makeshift camp and drying area a short distance from the fields.[1] The Zion camp measured about 30 by 20 feet, had a living and kitchen area and held about 350 pounds (about 159 kg) of dried cannabis.[1] Police burned the Zion camp and its dried cannabis, which they valued at GY$142,881,480.[1]

Between 05:00 and 10:20 on the same Sunday, the same units carried out a separate eradication exercise at Kalkuni, Upper Berbice River, on a plot of about two acres.[1] The Kalkuni plot held about 3,000 cannabis plants between two and seven feet tall, which police valued at GY$1,016,400.[1] A makeshift camp with a drying area at Kalkuni contained about 650 pounds (about 295 kg) of dried cannabis, valued at GY$266,367,720.[1] A search of the Kalkuni camp also turned up two twelve-gauge shotguns with no visible serial numbers and nineteen twelve-gauge cartridges.[1] Police took possession of both firearms and sent them to the Narcotics Branch for analysis by its ballistics section.[1] The Kalkuni camp, its dried cannabis and the plants were all destroyed by fire.[1]

The police statement also reported finding two unlicensed twelve-gauge shotguns and ammunition alongside the destroyed cannabis.[2]