0.5 kg cocaine and compressed cannabis found in Basseterre home search, occupant charged
A St. Kitts police search of a Basseterre home on 13 March 2018 found about 0.5 kg of cocaine and compressed cannabis, and the occupant was charged under the Drug Act. The same RSCNPF release was republished by Nevis Pages a day earlier, and a later police report listed him as bailed on the cannabis charges, with no court outcome reported.
🇰🇳 King Street, Basseterre, St. Christopher · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force executed a search
warrant at the Basseterre home of Keith Hicks on King Street after midnight on
Tuesday, 13 March 2018.[1]
The search found close to 0.5 kg of cocaine along with a large portion of
compressed cannabis, and the items and Hicks were taken into police custody.[1]
On Wednesday, 14 March, Hicks was charged on a Warrant in the First Instance for
Possession of Cannabis, Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Supply, possession
of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply and obstruction under
the Drug Act.[1]The police said investigations into the matter were ongoing.[1]
In the force’s report of arrests and activities for 19-23 May 2018, Keith Hicks
of King Street was listed as bailed on charges of possession of cannabis and
possession of cannabis with intent to supply, with no court outcome reported.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Agency
Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Home
Grown
Outdoor
Charges
possession of cannabis; possession of cannabis with intent to supply; obstruction
Case stage
Charged
Region
St. Christopher
Sources
SKNVibes.comsknvibes.comPolice Press Release: King Street resident charged for cocaine and cannabis possession
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.
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.
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.
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.
