Officers conducted a house search and eradication exercise in Garrand, Babonneau, on 24 September 2025.[1] Kenny Akim Eleodore was arrested and later charged with possession, possession with intent to supply and cultivation.[1] Glen Elijah Marius, also of Garrand, was arrested and later charged with possession and possession with intent to supply.[1] Both men were taken before the First District Court on 29 September 2025.[1] Eleodore was remanded into custody while Marius was granted EC$35,000 bail.[1]

Officers eradicated 4,451 cannabis plants at Eleodore’s plantation, which police valued at EC$445,100.[1] A search of his house recovered 45 pounds of dry green plant material believed to be cannabis, put at EC$45,000 street value.[1] At Marius’s premises officers recovered 23 pounds of green plant material believed to be cannabis, put at EC$23,000.[1] Officers found and eradicated another plantation of 4,905 plants during the same exercise.[1] All plants and plant material were photographed, packaged and sealed under standard evidential procedures.[1]

The Herbal Cooperative condemned the operation, saying two farmers were arrested for cultivating a few thousand cannabis plants.[2] Chairman Andre de Caires described the police action as nothing less than an assault.[2] De Caires called the incident a setback for reform while the Cannabis and Hemp Industry Bill remained untabled.[2] HTS News 4orce also reported that officers seized and destroyed cannabis valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars and arrested two men whom the group described as farmers.[3] Adults may possess up to 30 grams and grow four plants per household, while commercial cultivation without authorisation remains illegal.[2]