TEN fields of cannabis sativa plants containing some 14,900 plants ranging in height of 1 to 12 feet and with an estimated weight of 3,305 kgs were destroyed in the Linden areas of Coomacka, Old England and Wisroc by the Joint Services during an operation last Saturday and Sunday.

The operation, codenamed Operation Greenfield, was a combined one that involved air, river and ground assets with the Bell 206 helicopter executing reconnaissance and vectoring tasks, the river assets providing transport for the forces to access the sites and the ground forces locating and destroying the fields, executing arrests, and seizing equipment.
During the operation, which was conducted over a seven acre wide area, in addition to the plants, 684 kilograms of dried marijuana were found along with 14 nurseries that contained some 5,550 seedlings.

A statement from the Police said eleven camps were destroyed and one person arrested.

The arrested man was found in a house with eight kilograms of marijuana near one of the fields and he is presently in police custody assisting with the investigations.