Po­lice of­fi­cers in To­ba­go de­stroyed a $525,000 cannabis field af­ter a pre-dawn op­er­a­tion in Belle Gar­den yes­ter­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said be­tween 5 am and 8 am, of­fi­cers from the To­ba­go Di­vi­sion­al Task Force and the Spe­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Unit (SIU) made their way through a forest­ed area off Belle Riv­er Road, where they dis­cov­ered ap­prox­i­mate­ly 300 mar­i­jua­na plants spread across a quar­ter-acre plot.

The of­fi­cers al­so found a makeshift camp and a dry­ing rack on the site. They de­stroyed the plants, which car­ried an es­ti­mat­ed street val­ue of $525,000.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.

PC An­toine led the field team, while W/ASP (Ag) Sharon Williams co­or­di­nat­ed the op­er­a­tion. W/In­sp Bac­chus spear­head­ed the ef­fort, sup­port­ed by W/Sgt (Ag) Gor­don-Har­ris, Sgt (Ag) McMil­lan, and Cpl Broomes.