Police seize over 2,000 marijuana plants in St John and St Philip
Police seized more than 2,000 marijuana plants in an eradication operation on the morning of 15 September 2021 in the parishes of St John and St Philip, Barbados. Neither report gives the seizure's weight, any arrests or charges, or an estimate of the plants' value.
🇧🇧 St John and St Philip parishes, Barbados
Plants destroyed
2,000
Police seized over 2,000 marijuana plants on Wednesday 15 September 2021.[1]Officers carried out the operation that morning in the parishes of St John and
St Philip.[1]
CBC News reported a major police operation spanning St Philip and St John that
had netted over 2,000 plants so far that morning.[2]Inspector Anthony
Cadogan, attached to the Suppressing Criminal Activity Threatening Society
(SCATS) unit, gave CBC News the account of the operation.[2]
Neither Barbados Today nor CBC News reported any arrests or charges over the
operation.[1]Barbados Today published the first account while the operation
was still under way and promised more details later.[1]
Photos and video
Photo captioned 'DRUG BUST' published with the Barbados Today report on the St John and St Philip seizure.Photo details
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