Cops destroy $500,000 worth of weed in Morvant hills

ARMED with sharp cutlasses and firearms members of the North Eastern Division yesterday flew into the hills of Mon Repos, Morvant, and destroyed more than $500,000 worth of marijuana trees.

The officers, including members of the Organised Crime and Narcotic Unit (OCNU), also seized empty 12-gauge cartridge casings, trapguns, hatchets, forks and pickaxes.  No arrests were made, however. The near five-hour eradication exercise was led by acting Sr Supt Waldron Bishop, and included Insp Ancil Coa, Sgts Brassey and Hazarie, Cpls Kitson and Ramjit, WPCs Rachel Rigsby and Susan Wilkinson, PC Marlon Marsleir and others. It was around 10.45am that the national helicopter flew into the Morvant Recreation Ground then made several trips to take the 30 officers, who came from the Task Force, Criminal Investigations Department and other departments within the division to the forested area. When the officers got there, they were amazed at the amount of marijuana trees neatly planted among other ordinary trees. “They are now planting marijuana trees among other trees,” Bishop said after the trek. The officers then destroyed 110,000 fully grown marijuana trees and Bishop described the eradication exercise as a success and said similar exercises will be continuing. Before the officers left on the exercise, OCNU officers took about ten minutes to caution them about safety during the exercise. This warning took place under the pavilion at the Morvant Recreation Ground. All the officers took heed and returned safely from their long journey which ended just before 5pm yesterday.