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Police destroy over 740,000 pounds of marijuana in Berbice operation

In a statement, the Police Force said the operation started at 4 o'clock this morning and ended at three this afternoon. During the 11-hour operation, a total of ten marijuana fields with over 200,000 marijuana plants were destroyed.

Police destroy over 740,000 pounds of marijuana in Berbice operation

An operation by the narcotics branch of the Police Force at De Veldt in the Berbice River has unearthed 10 marijuana fields.

In a statement, the Police Force said the operation started at 4 o’clock this morning and ended at three this afternoon. During the 11-hour operation, a total of ten marijuana fields with over 200,000 marijuana plants were destroyed.

The Police said five camps were also discovered along with a drying area. In one of the camps, the ranks discovered 2,500 pounds of dried marijuana.

A search in a nearby area unearthed a 12-gauge shotgun along with 49 live 12 gauge cartridges.

They also discovered a nursery with more than 200,000 seedlings.

The estimated weight of the dried and eradicated cannabis is just over 741,000 pounds.

The Police said an estimated value stands at several billions of dollars.

The suspected cannabis and camps were destroyed by fire. Firearm and ammunition along with a cellular phone found were taken into custody and lodged pending further investigation.

There has been no arrest as no one was found at any of the destroyed farms.

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@alena06 posted:

There was another operation in June that destroyed another marijuana field in Berbice.  

 

Looks like the PNC was making Guyana a narco-state. No wonder they did not want to leave. Too much money behind.

FM
@Former Member posted:

Looks like the PNC was making Guyana a narco-state. No wonder they did not want to leave. Too much money behind.

Exactly, a big haul of coke was found in their rice exports as well! 

alena06
@alena06 posted:

Exactly, a big haul of coke was found in their rice exports as well! 

Ever wonder why the investigators didn't charge anyone that was in custody? There is a lot more to the story. Plus the Henry boys murder. 

Viper
@Former Member posted:

Looks like the PNC was making Guyana a narco-state. No wonder they did not want to leave. Too much money behind.

What type of narco-state Jagdeo/Roger Khan  previously made Guyana ?  Under any government, Guyana is a difficult place to control illegal drugs. 

Tola
@Tola posted:

What type of narco-state Jagdeo/Roger Khan  previously made Guyana ?  Under any government, Guyana is a difficult place to control illegal drugs. 

Too much jungles and porous borders ,difficult to manage without adequate finance.

Django
@Ramakant-P posted:

De veldt on the Berbice River is quite opposte to Crabwood creek on the Courantyne River.

Quite away from the mouth of the Berbice River ,boat will be needed to get there ,doesn't seem plausible there are connections to Henry's boys .

Django
@Django posted:

Too much jungles and porous borders ,difficult to manage without adequate finance.

Guyana being used for transit from other countries don't help either. Hopeful Pompeo will assist in this regard and not only demand special privileges from Guyana. 

Tola
@Ramakant-P posted:

De veldt on the Berbice River is quite opposte to Crabwood creek on the Courantyne River.

Its obvious this Google explanation don't have a faintest idea about Berbice.

De Veldt is an isolated farming community in the Berbice river and it has no relationship with the Corentyne river, many miles apart.  

Tola
@Tola posted:

Its obvious this Google explanation don't have a faintest idea about Berbice.

De Veldt is an isolated farming community in the Berbice river and it has no relationship with the Corentyne river, many miles apart.  

Me thinks it was meant the location on the Berbice River to be opposite Crabwood Creek ,East to West .

Django
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@Django posted:

Quite away from the mouth of the Berbice River ,boat will be needed to get there ,doesn't seem plausible there are connections to Henry's boys .

Word on the street here locally is those kids some how compromised the Venezuelan drug gang that migrate and  setup operation here.. Harish Singh also was taken out by the same gang.

sachin_05
@sachin_05 posted:

Word on the street here locally is those kids some how compromised the Venezuelan drug gang that migrate and  setup operation here.. Harish Singh also was taken out by the same gang.

Guyana Communities are small ,the gang can be busted.

Django
@Django posted:

Me thinks it was meant the location on the Berbice River to be opposite Crabwood Creek ,East to West .

Canje creek would have been a closer comparison. A friendly correction : Its West [Berbice river] to East[Crabwood creek]. 

Tola
@Django posted:

Quite away from the mouth of the Berbice River ,boat will be needed to get there ,doesn't seem plausible there are connections to Henry's boys .

They have speed boats. They also have roads leading to de veldt.

Traveling through jungles was the joy of my life.

R
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@Django posted:

Quite away from the mouth of the Berbice River ,boat will be needed to get there ,doesn't seem plausible there are connections to Henry's boys .

@Ramakant-P posted:

They have speed boats. They also have roads leading to de veldt.

Traveling through jungles was the joy of my life.

I said boats are needed ,not sure about the condition of roads .

Django

The jungle trail used for a road is not maintained and a Youtube video showed a vehicle being carried on a barge, because they cannot drive on the road. There is no speed boat service due to few passengers, but people use their own outboard motor and their small  boats, to visit other families on the river and to New Amsterdam.  

Tola
@Viper posted:

Police destroy over 740,000 pounds of marijuana in Berbice operation

In a statement, the Police Force said the operation started at 4 o'clock this morning and ended at three this afternoon. During the 11-hour operation, a total of ten marijuana fields with over 200,000 marijuana plants were destroyed.

Police destroy over 740,000 pounds of marijuana in Berbice operation

 

This is a travesty, a horror, a bloody sin.

I don't doubt a lot of this erb was saved by my fellow man, god bless the person who might have done such a fantastic deed. People doan just up an trow way a billion dollars jus so.

cain
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@cain posted:

I hear the people who does run the packaging machinery are staunch staunch PPP peeps.

The Enmore sugar packaging plant, converted and relocated at Pradoville 11, for easy distribution by sea bus. 

Tola
@Tola posted:

Its obvious this Google explanation don't have a faintest idea about Berbice.

De Veldt is an isolated farming community in the Berbice river and it has no relationship with the Corentyne river, many miles apart.  

You missed the point.  They are on the same latitude. The two rivers run parallel to each other. 

R
@Abu Jihad posted:

I think that place is close to where Kimbia was/is.

Its savannah and interconnected to Ituni and Ibini.

Then Rama is incorrect about it's location.  Upper Canje Creek may have a cattle trail leading to the savanah. The Catholic Church owns a lot of land up there.

Mitwah
@cain posted:

This is a travesty, a horror, a bloody sin.

I don't doubt a lot of this erb was saved by my fellow man, god bless the person who might have done such a fantastic deed. People doan just up an trow way a billion dollars jus so.

It's time to legalize it.

Mitwah

What an idiotic counter-productive move, destroying crops that is gaining an increasing presence in world markets. Why doesn't Guyana wake up and legalize marijuana? It can become a leading agricultural product for an agrarian economy.

A
@Ramakant-P posted:

You can google the directions from Berbice high school to de veldt. It will show you the rivers and the towns.

You seem to use Google a lot for your replies. Visiting is much better and Google is not always right. Google Earth shows some villages at incorrect places.  

Tola
@Tola posted:

You seem to use Google a lot for your replies. Visiting is much better and Google is not always right. Google Earth shows some villages at incorrect places.  

Did you find what you were looking for? I noticed that you were not good at Geography. The geography of Guyana was taught at six standard. I also taught Geography of Guyana in Form one. Which school did you attend?

R

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