Police in Grenada arrested nine people, including two juveniles, over the weekend and charged them in connection with cannabis that disappeared from the storage facility at a police station in the northern parish of St Patrick.[1][2][3] The cannabis, valued at EC$750,000, was being held as evidence in ongoing court matters.[1][3]

The Royal Grenada Police Force said officers at the station noticed the drugs disappearing over a period of time, and that the cannabis had been pulled out from the rear of the building through structural deficiencies.[1][3] The force said those charged include a boat builder, a farmer and two fishermen.[1][3]

NOW Grenada reported that the nine were residents of St Patrick and were charged with handling a controlled drug and stealing cannabis valued at EC$721,224.[4] The Grenadian Voice reported that the drugs were taken from the Sauteurs Police Station, which has housed officers in a building designed as a supermarket since the original station was destroyed in 2004.[5]

The paper reported that all nine appeared before the St David’s Magistrate’s Court on Monday 17 May 2021 and were granted bail, with sureties set at EC$30,000 for each juvenile, EC$50,000 for four accused and EC$120,000 for three others.[5][2] The force said the structural deficiency had since been resolved and that investigations were continuing.[1][3]

They were also placed on a curfew from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily.[2]