Po­lice of­fi­cers de­stroyed two cannabis fields in Cou­va on Wednes­day dur­ing a Cannabis Erad­i­ca­tion Ex­er­cise.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the ex­er­cise was con­duct­ed by of­fi­cers at­tached to the Freeport Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment, the Spe­cial In­tel­li­gence Unit, the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force (Area South), and the Air Sup­port Unit. The team act­ed on in­tel­li­gence and moved in­to a forest­ed area off Car­li Bay Road, where the fields were found.

Of­fi­cers dis­cov­ered a plot of land con­tain­ing two cannabis fields with about 350 ful­ly grown cannabis trees. The plants car­ried an es­ti­mat­ed street val­ue of TT$350,000. All the plants were de­stroyed at the site.

Po­lice stat­ed that in­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing in­to the dis­cov­ery. No ar­rests were re­port­ed in con­nec­tion with the fields.

The ex­er­cise was co­or­di­nat­ed by Se­nior Su­per­in­ten­dent Ed­wards of the Spe­cial In­tel­li­gence Unit, Su­per­in­ten­dent Glodon, and As­sis­tant Su­per­in­ten­dent Reyes. Su­per­vi­sion on the ground was pro­vid­ed by Sergeant Har­riot of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion.

Po­lice said such ex­er­cis­es are part of on­go­ing op­er­a­tions tar­get­ing the cul­ti­va­tion and dis­tri­b­u­tion of cannabis across the di­vi­sion. In­tel­li­gence gath­er­ing will con­tin­ue, and fur­ther erad­i­ca­tion op­er­a­tions are ex­pect­ed as part of wider an­ti-crime ef­forts in the re­gion.