In St. Kitts, members of the Delta Squad working with the Drug Squad, the Special Services Unit and District B officers arrested and charged a man for possession of illegal drugs.[1] Police identified the man as Devaughn Hodge of Sandy Point, who was on bail and was to be taken before a magistrate on a charge of possessing cannabis sativa, described as marijuana or ganja.[1] Two men named Devaughn Hodge live in Sandy Point, one a former member of the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force and the other a man who had returned home after living overseas for some years.[1] The man charged was the latter, the returnee.[1]
In the early hours of Friday 4 November, officers executed a warrant at Hodge’s home and found a quantity of cannabis sativa inside.[1]
The Delta Squad draws its ranks from both the Police and Defence Forces and operates in two teams around the clock, patrolling hotspots in St. Kitts and launching joint operations around the island.[1] Police Commissioner Celvin Walwyn described the Delta Squad as one of his four initiatives to make the Federation safer.[1]
