104 cannabis bags and 3 guns found in Nevis bush raid
Nevis police conducted a joint operation on 9 July 2012 that found 104 dime bags of cannabis sativa and three firearms in bushes at an unstated location, while a search warrant at Charlestown found crack cocaine. Two people were formally arrested for the cocaine and one was detained to assist with the firearms investigation.
🇰🇳 Charlestown, Nevis · Saint Kitts and Nevis
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On 9 July 2012, a joint operation by the Criminal Investigation Department, Task
Force and Crime Patrol Unit of the Nevis Division found three firearms, 222
rounds of ammunition, two magazines and 104 dime bags of cannabis sativa in
bushes at an unstated location on Nevis.[1]Officers executed a search warrant
at the Low Street, Charlestown premises of Ibol Tyson, which resulted in the
find of a quantity of crack cocaine.[1]
Tyson and one Kinshenell Benjamin of St. Paul’s Village, St. Kitts were formally
arrested and charged with possession of crack cocaine.[1]One individual was
taken into custody to assist police with their investigation in relation to the
firearms and cannabis find.[1]
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.
Police searching near the ferry landing on St Kitts's Southeast Peninsula on 5 February 2017 found a box of about ten pounds of marijuana and two pounds of cocaine. Three people were detained, interviewed and released, and no one was charged.
Swimmers found a bale of hashish bobbing in the water off Half Moon Bay on 16 July 2016 and alerted police, whose Anti-Drug Unit seized it. Police said it contained compressed packages but gave no weight or package count; the investigation was ongoing.
