Police officers carried out an operation in Orange Walk District on Monday 16 September 2024 between 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.[1] The operation led to the discovery of a plantation holding 875 marijuana plants.[1] The plants found measured between 2 and 6 feet in height.[1] No one was present in the area when police arrived, and all the plants were uprooted and destroyed by fire.[1]

7 News Belize reported that police reached the plantation not long after 4:00 a.m. that morning and found the same total of 875 marijuana plants.[2] The station noted that marijuana in consumption amounts may be legal in Belize but growing or selling the plant remains against the law.[2] The outlet’s second account said officers descended on the farm shortly after 4:00 a.m. and found no one in the vicinity, after which the plants were uprooted and burned.[3]