Police conducted a drug eradication exercise at Lancaster Village backlands on the Corentyne on Thursday 1 March 2007, destroying a field of about half an acre holding roughly 4,000 marijuana plants.[1] Dried cannabis and seeds found at the camp were also burnt, bringing the haul to 221 kg.[1] Two bicycles and a spray can were lodged in police custody, but no one was arrested.[1]
Police destroy 4,000-plant field and 221 kg haul at Lancaster Village
Police destroyed a half-acre field of about 4,000 marijuana plants at Lancaster Village backlands on the Corentyne, also burning dried cannabis and seeds for a 221 kg haul. No one was arrested; two bicycles and a spray can were seized.
🇬🇾 Lancaster Village backlands, Corentyne · Guyana
- Plants destroyed
- 4,000
- Area
- 0.2 ha
- Cannabis
- 221 kg
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis, Living plants
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Plants destroyed
- 4,000
- Area
- 0.2 ha
- Cannabis
- 221 kg
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (221 kg); Living plants (4,000 plants)
- Activity
- Cultivation
- Setting
- Field
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Sources
- 420 Magazine420magazine.comArchived copyMarijuana Camps Torched
Open questions the AI reported
- Only a forum repost of the Stabroek News story could be recovered, so no second source was found.
- The dried cannabis and seeds were reported as part of the 221 kg haul without a separate weight.
