15,000 marjuana plants and nurseries found in Demerara river-one man arrested

Upper Demerara River – The police conducted a drug eradication operation at Warida, Upper Demerara River on Friday November 19th, 2010. During the operation three fields of cannabis sativa (marijuana) plants, about seven acres in size, with approximately 15,000 plants ranging between 3 feet and 7 feet in height were found along with five nurseries containing about 5,000 seedlings and a quantity of seeds. The plants and seedlings were destroyed while a man was arrested and is in police custody.