13,500 plants and 100,000 seedlings destroyed at Hauraruni Creek
Police destroyed 13 cannabis fields with about 13,500 plants, 20 nurseries holding some 100,000 seedlings, 15 tarpaulin camps and 30 kg of dried marijuana at Hauraruni Creek on 8 February 2011. No arrests were made.
🇬🇾 Hauraruni Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Guyana
Police ranks conducted a narcoticseradication operation at Hauraruni Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on 8 February 2011 and found 13 cannabis fields, about 13.5 acres in size, with approximately 13,500 plants ranging between six and ten feet in height.[1]The site also held 20 nurseries with about 100,000 seedlings.[1]
In addition, 15 tarpaulin camps with 30 kilogrammes of dried marijuana were found at the fields.[1]The plants, seedlings and dried marijuana were destroyed.[1]
No arrests
No arrest was made during the operation, and the account names no suspects behind the fields and nurseries.[1]
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