100 pounds of marijuana seized at Conaree Beach, three arrested
Police seized 100 lbs of marijuana delivered to Conaree Beach on 3 March 2017 and arrested three people who retrieved it. The Coast Guard intercepted a suspected delivery fishing vessel near Nags Head but later released its two occupants and the vessel.
🇰🇳 Conaree Beach, St Kitts · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Three people were in police custody after police seized marijuana on Friday 3
March 2017.[1]The arrests resulted from a combined operation between the
Anti-Drug Unit of the police and the St Kitts Nevis Defence Force Coast Guard.[1]Police said 100 lbs of marijuana was delivered to Conaree Beach and
retrieved by the three people, who were then arrested.[1]
The 100 lbs, about 45.36 kg, is the cannabis quantity recorded for this event.[1]The seizure photograph published with the case is identified as
Marijuana-Seized-Friday-03-March.[2]
The Coast Guard conducted a maritime interdiction for the suspected delivery
vessel.[1]SKNVibes identified the two men aboard the fishing vessel as
Michael Samuel and Alex Samuel, both of Conaree Village.[3]The vessel was
described as the 22-foot blue and white fishing vessel FV PROGRESS, registration
V-4495-BE.[3]The Coast Guard intercepted that vessel near Nags Head, escorted
it to the Coast Guard base in Basseterre, and found nothing illegal aboard.[3]A police release on 6 March stated that the two men and the fishing vessel were
released, while three people remained in custody as the alleged retrievers of
marijuana delivered on a Conaree beach.[3]
Photos and video
Photo of the marijuana seized on 3 March, captioned Marijuana Seized Friday 03 March.Photo details
The names, charges and court outcomes for the three people in custody were not reported.
SKNVibes dates the vessel encounter as Friday (Feb. 3) in its lead sentence but reports it alongside the 6 March police release for the 3 March seizure, so 3 March 2017 is used as the incident date.
No valuation, packaging detail or laboratory weight beyond 100 lbs was published.
No second independent weight or custody update for the three arrested people could be found.
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.
Zenhastel Odel Hector Jr. was charged with cannabis importation and possession with intent to supply after customs and police intercepted six vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis in his luggage at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 22 September 2025. Following confirmation of the substance, police and customs officers formally laid five charges against him on 9 October 2025.
Keon Hewlett of College Housing, Basseterre, was arrested over cannabis brought through the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 2 December 2023 and charged two days later with importing cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply. The St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Department added four charges over a false declaration and attempts to evade customs.
Greek billionaire Alki David was arrested at St Kitts airport after 550 plants he declared as hemp tested as cannabis. He was charged with possession, intent to supply and importation and released on EC$300,000 bail to return in September.
