159.8 kg cannabis and resin seized at Port Castries; one held
Customs and police officers seized about 149.69 kg of compressed cannabis, 10.14 kg of cannabis resin and USD $110,000 from a shipment at Port Castries on 26 March 2026. One person was detained to assist the continuing investigation, with no charges reported.
On 26 March 2026, officers from the Customs and Excise Department and the Gangs,
Narcotics and Firearms Unit, supported by other Royal Saint Lucia Police Force
units, seized drugs and cash from a shipment at Port Castries in Castries.[1]Officers found the drugs after noticing an anomaly during a routine inspection
of the shipment and carrying out a more thorough search.[1]The search
uncovered approximately 149.69 kilograms of compressed cannabis and 10.144
kilograms of cannabis resin concealed in the shipment.[1]One individual was
in custody assisting investigators, with no charges reported and the
investigation continuing.[1]
Officials put the street value of the compressed cannabis at about EC$3,742,250
and the cannabis resin at EC$405,760.[2]Officers also found USD $110,000 in
cash concealed in the same shipment.[1]Authorities had not disclosed the
shipment’s origin or intended destination, and no additional suspects or
networks had been publicly identified.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
159.834 kg
Cash confiscated
USD 110,000
Value (official estimate)
XCD 4,148,010
Agencies
Customs and Excise Department; Gangs, Narcotics and Firearms Unit (GNFU); Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF)
Royal Saint Lucia Police Force units intercepted a foreign vessel on 11 January 2026 and found about 850 kg of compressed cannabis, valued at EC$3.4 million. The two people aboard fled on foot and were not caught.
Police and customs officers seized 27.08 kg of compressed cannabis, cannabis and cannabis resin hidden in barrels in Shed 6 and Shed 7 at Port Castries on 15 November 2025. The drugs were valued at about EC$900,000 and no arrests were reported as police investigated the consignees.
Saint Lucia's Royal Police Force announced on 16 June 2020 that its Drug Unit had led 319 operations that year, arresting 24 people and seizing 321 kilograms of cannabis plus 33 grams of cannabis resin. The same operations recovered firearms and ammunition and seized cocaine and crack.
Saint Lucia's police marine unit stopped a canoe off Mathurin Point, Vieux Fort, on 24 May 2019, seized 63 pounds of what appeared to be cannabis and charged Martinez Fontenelle with possession of a controlled drug before granting him bail. A second man who jumped overboard was later found dead at Mathurin Point.
