Three Castries men — proprietor Earland Charles of Carille, Darren Jason Charles of La Clery and Daniell Didier of Ravine Chabot — were each granted bail when they appeared in court on a Monday on multiple charges.[1] They had been arrested on Friday, 28 February 2025, when officers of the Gang, Narcotics, and Firearms Unit of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force ran a two-phase operation in the northern policing division.[1]
During patrols in Castries, officers searched 36 people and took drugs from various shops on Jeremie Street.[1] A search warrant executed at Liberation Bar, at the corner of Carl Crescent Street and Jeremie Street, led to the discovery of 245 grammes of cannabis and 178 grammes of cannabis resin.[1] Officers also found EC$3,852 and US$153 in cash at the bar.[1] The three men were arrested in connection with those recoveries.[1]
Search warrants were then executed at the home of each suspect, and the search at Darren Charles’s residence uncovered 21 rounds of .380 ammunition.[1] Darren Charles was charged with possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply, possession of cannabis resin with intent to supply and possession of ammunition, and was granted a total of $16,900 bail.[1] The other two were granted $15,000 bail and charged with possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to supply, possession of cannabis resin and possession of cannabis resin with intent to supply.[1] Authorities said Earland Charles had previously been charged with drug possession offences in November 2024, in matters still before the court.[1]
