🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
RSS19 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 42
- Plants destroyed
- 85.9K
- Cannabis seized
- 1.56204 t
- Deaths
- 1
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- Eradication · 7
- Seizure · 5
- Arrest · 4
- Prosecution · 3
Reports
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Three charged after Bexon search uncovers gun and cannabis resin
Police searching a home in Bexon, Castries, on 29 September 2026 found cannabis resin, EC$16 310 in cash, a pistol and ammunition. Three people were charged with firearm, ammunition and drug possession, and two were denied bail and remanded after appearing in court.
Arrested 2Charged 3
159.8 kg cannabis and resin seized at Port Castries; one held
Customs and police officers seized about 149.69 kg of compressed cannabis, 10.14 kg of cannabis resin and USD $110,000 from a shipment at Port Castries on 26 March 2026. One person was detained to assist the continuing investigation, with no charges reported.
Arrested 1Cannabis 159.834 kgCash confiscated USD 110,000
Two charged with cannabis resin after Ti Morne raid
Police searched premises in Ti Morne, Gros Islet on 5 February 2026, seizing cannabis resin and about US$13 000 in cash and arresting Lance Alfred and Tresha Richard. Both were charged with possession and possession with intent to supply and each was granted $1 500 bail when they appeared before a magistrate on 6 February.
Arrested 2Charged 2
Police find 850 kg of cannabis on abandoned boat in Saint Lucia
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force units intercepted a foreign vessel on 11 January 2026 and found about 850 kg of compressed cannabis, valued at EC$3.4 million. The two people aboard fled on foot and were not caught.
Cannabis 850.42 kg1,368 cannabis plants destroyed as two Laborie men charged
Police searching Black Bay, Laborie, seized 23.2 pounds of cannabis and EC$765 in cash on 10 January 2026, then destroyed 1,368 plants across six plantations. Leroy Willie and Glenroy Willie were charged with possession, intent to supply and cultivation.
Arrested 2Charged 2Plants destroyed 1,368Cannabis 10.52 kg
27 kg of cannabis and resin seized in barrels at Port Castries
Police and customs officers seized 27.08 kg of compressed cannabis, cannabis and cannabis resin hidden in barrels in Shed 6 and Shed 7 at Port Castries on 15 November 2025. The drugs were valued at about EC$900,000 and no arrests were reported as police investigated the consignees.
Cannabis 27.08 kg
Woman charged over 5.38 kg of cannabis found in a parcel at Port Castries
A La Croix woman was arrested at Port Castries on 29 October 2025 after officers opened a shipment in her presence and found 5.38 kg of suspected cannabis valued at EC$161,000. She was charged with possession, possession with intent to supply and importation, granted EC$14,000 bail on 3 November and is due back in court on 9 December.
9,356 cannabis plants destroyed as two charged in Babonneau
Police eradicated 9,356 cannabis plants and seized 68 pounds of cannabis in Garrand, Babonneau, on 24 September 2025. Kenny Akim Eleodore and Glen Elijah Marius were arrested and charged, with Eleodore remanded and Marius bailed, as the Herbal Cooperative condemned the raid.
Arrested 2Charged 2Plants destroyed 9,356Cannabis 30.84 kg
Three bailed in Castries after bar search finds 245 g cannabis and 178 g resin
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force officers arrested three Castries men on 28 February 2025 after a search at Liberation Bar on Jeremie Street found 245 grammes of cannabis, 178 grammes of cannabis resin and EC$3,852 and US$153 in cash. All three were charged with cannabis offences, one also with ammunition possession, and each was granted bail.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 423 g
20202 reports
321 kg cannabis seized in 319 Saint Lucia Drug Unit operations by June 2020
Saint Lucia's Royal Police Force announced on 16 June 2020 that its Drug Unit had led 319 operations that year, arresting 24 people and seizing 321 kilograms of cannabis plus 33 grams of cannabis resin. The same operations recovered firearms and ammunition and seized cocaine and crack.
Arrested 24Cannabis 321.033 kgThree arrested in bid to smuggle cannabis, phone into Bordelais prison
Three men were arrested at about 3 a.m. on 16 June 2020 trying to introduce suspected cannabis, a cellphone and other banned items into the Bordelais Correctional Facility in Dennery. They were held at the Dennery police station awaiting charges.
Arrested 3
20191 report
63 pounds of cannabis seized from a canoe; one charged, second man found dead
Saint Lucia's police marine unit stopped a canoe off Mathurin Point, Vieux Fort, on 24 May 2019, seized 63 pounds of what appeared to be cannabis and charged Martinez Fontenelle with possession of a controlled drug before granting him bail. A second man who jumped overboard was later found dead at Mathurin Point.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 28.576 kgDeaths 1
20151 report
11,115 cannabis plants destroyed in Gros-Islet and Dennery raids
Gros-Islet police and the Drug Unit of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force uprooted and destroyed 11,115 fully grown cannabis plants and 3,100 seedlings in Beausejour and Belle Vue, Dennery, on 5 March 2015. No one was arrested after either eradication exercise.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 11,115
20133 reports
4,007 marijuana plants uprooted in Soufriere eradication
Soufriere police uprooted 4,007 fully grown marijuana plants at a plantation in St Phillips, Fond St Jacques, on 23 February 2013. Officers also recovered three bags of compressed marijuana and burned the drugs, and no one was arrested.
Plants destroyed 4,007Students arrested for marijuana at Morne Fortune college
Police arrested students including the son of a former minister for marijuana possession on the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College compound at Morne Fortune. Police withheld names because those held were schoolchildren, while the principal said drug finds are referred to police for charging decisions.
30,418 cannabis plants destroyed in Soufriere raids
Soufriere police destroyed 30,418 cannabis plants across three plantations at Ravine Clear and Migny in January 2013, also seizing a bucket of compressed marijuana. No one was arrested in either eradication exercise.
Plants destroyed 30,418
20122 reports
2,804 marijuana plants destroyed in Dennery plantation
Police destroyed 2,304 grown cannabis plants and 500 seedlings at Errand Estate, Dennery, on 13 August 2012. No one was arrested during the joint Drug Unit and Special Services Unit eradication operation.
Arrested 0Plants destroyed 2,804
16,841 marijuana plants destroyed in Anse-La-Raye
Police destroyed about 16,841 grown marijuana plants plus 10,000 seedlings and 200 pounds of harvested marijuana in a forest at Anse-La-Raye on 31 January 2012. No one was arrested, and police put the grown plants' street value at EC$942,050.
Plants destroyed 26,841Cannabis 90.72 kg
20111 report
Couple bailed over 93.9 lb marijuana at Beausejour
Police charged Julian and Moeita Adjodha after 93.9 lb of marijuana hidden in barrels was found at their Beausejour business compound, a haul valued at EC$75,200. The couple was bailed on 11 April 2011 under strict conditions, and by their 1 July High Court hearing a third accused had joined the case, which was adjourned to 30 September.
Arrested 2Charged 3Cannabis 42.59 kg
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