$4 million in marijuana destroyed in Moruga

MORE than $4 million worth of marijuana in the Moruga area has been seized and destroyed by officers in the Southern Division.

The police in a release Wednesday reported between 6.30 am and midday on Tuesday police, including members of the Special Investigations Unit, Southern Division Task Force, and the Air Support Unit, went to the La Lune forest. At about one mile into the forest, officers identified three marijuana fields spread across four lots of land.

The discovery included two seedling beds with 500 trees and 250 kilograms of cured marijuana, in addition to 25,000 fully grown trees. The find has an estimated street value of $4,375,000. The marijuana was burnt.