🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
RSS23 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 31
- Plants destroyed
- 27.9K
- Cannabis seized
- 78.7151 kg
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
Layers
- Urgent
- At risk
- Secure
- Held in a genebank
- No data yet
- No seed lot recorded
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- Eradication · 3
- Seizure · 3
- Raid · 1
- Arrest · 9
- Prosecution · 4
- Sentence · 3
Reports
23 reports · newest first
Seven held after 12.5 lb of cannabis found on vessel in St Kitts
Police, coast guard and customs officers searched the cargo vessel C-Elizabeth II after it docked at St Kitts on 10 August 2026 and found 12.515 pounds of cannabis and one kilogram of cocaine. The captain and six crew members were taken into custody.
Arrested 7Cannabis 5.6767 kg
Shadwell man charged after 271 cannabis plants seized at home
Nubian Greaux of Shadwell Housing was charged with possession and cultivation of cannabis with intent to supply after police searched his home on 26 March 2026. Officers seized 271 cannabis plants and several packages of cannabis, and he was taken into custody and charged at Basseterre Police Station.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 271One charged with cannabis cultivation in Zion, Nevis
Merville Liburd of Zion, Nevis was charged with cultivation of cannabis and cultivation with intent to supply for offences committed on 13 March 2026. He was charged at the Charlestown Police Station, with no seizure quantity or court outcome reported.
Charged 1One charged with cannabis cultivation in Hamilton, Nevis
Ronald King of Hamilton, Nevis was charged with cultivation of cannabis and cultivation with intent to supply for an offence committed on 13 March 2026. He was charged at the Charlestown Police Station, with no seizure quantity or court outcome reported.
Charged 1
20253 reports
Zenhastel Hector charged after six packages of cannabis found in airport luggage
Zenhastel Odel Hector Jr. was charged with cannabis importation and possession with intent to supply after customs and police intercepted six vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis in his luggage at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 22 September 2025. Following confirmation of the substance, police and customs officers formally laid five charges against him on 9 October 2025.
Arrested 1Charged 1Eli Burton fined EC$10,000 in St Kitts cannabis case
Eli M. Burton of Dominica pleaded guilty in Basseterre to importing cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply after a 25 August 2025 search of a vessel at Bird Rock. On 6 October 2025 he was fined EC$5,000 on each count, EC$10,000 total, with 12 months’ imprisonment in default.
Arrested 1Charged 1Prison 12 months in defaultFine XCD 10,000
Woman charged over cannabis and tobacco smuggling into St Kitts prison
Meldesha Woods of Stapleton Village, St Kitts, was charged with conveying cannabis and tobacco into His Majesty's Prison in Basseterre over an attempt on 7 March 2025. Police charged her the next day at the Basseterre Police Station, and no court outcome has been reported.
Arrested 1Charged 1
20241 report
Three charged with cannabis possession for supply in St Kitts and Nevis
Police in St Kitts and Nevis charged three men with possession of cannabis with intent to supply over offences on 26–27 June 2024. Davin Phipps was charged at Basseterre Police Station on 28 June, while Xavier Dore and Antonio Pascal were charged at Newcastle Police Station on Nevis.
Charged 3
20231 report
St Kitts man charged over cannabis brought through the airport; no weight given
Keon Hewlett of College Housing, Basseterre, was arrested over cannabis brought through the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 2 December 2023 and charged two days later with importing cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply. The St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Department added four charges over a false declaration and attempts to evade customs.
Arrested 1Charged 1
20191 report
Billionaire arrested with 550 cannabis plants at St Kitts airport
Greek billionaire Alki David was arrested at St Kitts airport after 550 plants he declared as hemp tested as cannabis. He was charged with possession, intent to supply and importation and released on EC$300,000 bail to return in September.
Arrested 1Charged 1Plants destroyed 550
20173 reports
100 pounds of marijuana seized at Conaree Beach, three arrested
Police seized 100 lbs of marijuana delivered to Conaree Beach on 3 March 2017 and arrested three people who retrieved it. The Coast Guard intercepted a suspected delivery fishing vessel near Nags Head but later released its two occupants and the vessel.
Arrested 3Cannabis 45.36 kg
10 lb of marijuana seized near Southeast Peninsula ferry landing, three held
Police searching near the ferry landing on St Kitts's Southeast Peninsula on 5 February 2017 found a box of about ten pounds of marijuana and two pounds of cocaine. Three people were detained, interviewed and released, and no one was charged.
Arrested 3Cannabis 4.54 kg
Pistol and marijuana seized in search of St Pauls home
Police, Defence Force and K-9 officers searching a residence in the Willet's Housing Project in St. Pauls on the night of 16 January 2017 found a pistol, ammunition and a large quantity of marijuana. Police said charges were forthcoming but gave no weight for the cannabis and did not say how many people, if any, were detained.
20163 reports
25,000 marijuana plants uprooted in St Kitts and Nevis Safe Streets drive
In the fourth day of Operation Safe Streets in St Kitts and Nevis, police said search teams had uprooted and seized more than 25,000 marijuana plants from 92 cultivated sites and valued the haul at over EC$11 million. The operation began on 20 September 2016 and combined police with the Defence Force, Customs and the Regional Security System.
Plants destroyed 25,000
Swimmers find hashish bale off Half Moon Bay, St Kitts
Swimmers found a bale of hashish bobbing in the water off Half Moon Bay on 16 July 2016 and alerted police, whose Anti-Drug Unit seized it. Police said it contained compressed packages but gave no weight or package count; the investigation was ongoing.
1,548 marijuana plants uprooted across St Kitts and Nevis in week
Police in St Kitts and Nevis uprooted 1,548 marijuana plants and seedlings in eradications on 23-28 April 2016 in Division B hills, Conaree, Newtown and Gingerland. The police Anti-Drug Unit said more than 24,000 plants and seedlings had been seized so far that year.
Plants destroyed 1,548
20152 reports
Four charged after 50.7 lb of marijuana found in Basseterre drug bust
St Kitts police charged four men on 16 November 2015 over cocaine and marijuana seized two days earlier when a bucket thrown from a boat was caught on the Bay Road in Irish Town. A search of one man's Salt Pond Alley home found 50.7 pounds (about 23 kg) of marijuana that police valued at EC$380,250.
Arrested 4Charged 4Cannabis 22.9971 kg
Two charged after pistol, ammo and ganja found in Sandy Point
Police searching a Sandy Point home on 21 October 2015 arrested Davereen Brownbill and Chavez Nital, seizing a loaded 9mm pistol, three rounds and dried marijuana. Both men were charged with firearm, ammunition and cannabis counts including possession with intent to supply.
Arrested 2Charged 2
20141 report
Two fined in Nevis over 141 g of cannabis in separate cases
Charlestown Magistrate Court convicted Kemar Francis and Zalima Herbert on cannabis charges in January 2014, fining them $2,000 and $1,500 respectively. Police seizures in the two unrelated cases totalled 141.3 grams of cannabis.
Charged 2Cannabis 141.3 g
20131 report
4 charged over cannabis, guns and ammo in Molineux
Four Molineux residents were arrested and jointly charged with cannabis possession and possession with intent to supply alongside firearm and ammunition counts after a joint search on 26 October 2013. Officers seized three firearms and 103 rounds of ammunition, but police gave no weight for the cannabis.
Arrested 4Charged 4
20121 report
Juvenile given 6 months' probation for cannabis supply in Basseterre
A juvenile was convicted of possession of cannabis with intent to supply at Basseterre Magistrate's Court for an offence committed on 12 April 2012. The court imposed six months' probation with one surety, with a curfew and an order to find gainful employment.
Convicted 1
20111 report
One charged with ganja possession after Sandy Point home search
Delta Squad officers searched Devaughn Hodge's home in Sandy Point, St Kitts on 4 November 2011 and charged him with possession of cannabis. He was on bail pending an appearance before a magistrate.
Arrested 1Charged 1
20081 report
550 marijuana plants uprooted in three-day St Kitts operations
St Kitts police uprooted 550 marijuana plants in operations across five areas between 19 and 21 June 2008, seizing an air rifle and arresting one man for possession and cultivation after seeds were found at his home. No one else was held for the field finds.
Arrested 1Plants destroyed 550
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