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.
On Tuesday 31 January 2012, members of the Drug Unit based in Castries conducted
an eradication exercise on four marijuana plantations located in a forest area
at Anse-La-Raye.[1]The exercise targeted those four plantations found
together in the same Anse-La-Raye forest area.[1]No one was arrested during
that Anse-La-Raye forest operation.[1]
Officers destroyed approximately 16,841 grown marijuana plants during that
eradication exercise.[1]Police put the estimated street value of those 16,841
grown plants at EC$942,050 in Eastern Caribbean dollars.[1]Officers also
destroyed 10,000 marijuana seedlings in the same Anse-La-Raye operation in
addition to the grown plants.[1]Officers also destroyed 200 pounds of
harvested marijuana in the same operation alongside the growing plants and
seedlings.[1]
The 10,000 seedlings and the 200 pounds of harvested marijuana were reported as
additional quantities beyond the approximate 16,841 grown plants.[1]All of
the plant counts and the street value were attributed to that 31 January forest
operation by the Castries-based Drug Unit, which reported no arrests for this
eradication.[1]
Photos and video
The marijuana field found and destroyed by local police.Photo details
The same article also reports a separate 2 February 2012 eradication at Mahaut, Micoud, of 593 grown plants and 5,000 seedlings, left out of this report.
The same article also reports a separate 6 February 2012 vehicle seizure at Derniere Riviere, Dennery, of 66 pounds of compressed marijuana and the arrest of Genia Antoine, left out of this report.
No area or hectare figure for the Anse-La-Raye plantations was published.
No second source for this 2012 operation was found; this report rests on the single opened Star account.
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
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
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.
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.
