Woman charged over cannabis and tobacco smuggling into St Kitts prison
Meldesha Woods of Stapleton Village, St Kitts, was charged with conveying cannabis and tobacco into His Majesty's Prison in Basseterre over an attempt on 7 March 2025. Police charged her the next day at the Basseterre Police Station, and no court outcome has been reported.
🇰🇳 His Majesty's Prison, Basseterre, St Kitts · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Meldesha Woods of Stapleton Village, St Kitts, was charged with conveying
contraband into His Majesty’s Prison in Basseterre over an offence committed
there on 7 March 2025.[1]She was officially charged the following day at the
Basseterre Police Station.[2]Officers stopped her as she tried to carry
vegetable material into the prison, and further examinations confirmed the
material was cannabis and tobacco.[3]She was charged at the Basseterre Police
Station on 8 March 2025.[4]
Police named Woods as the person caught attempting to smuggle contraband into
the prison.[2]SKNVibes reported that in January another person, Steadroy
Jules of St Paul, had been charged with attempting to smuggle cannabis, tobacco
and rolling papers into the same prison.[2]It also reported that in November
2024 a prison officer had been charged with conveying cannabis into the prison.[2]The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and prison officers at the
Basseterre facility had been trying to stop contraband deliveries.[2]
NevisPages reported Woods, a resident of Stapleton Village, as charged with the
same offence.[5]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No weight, quantity or value was published for the cannabis she was carrying.
Whether Woods appeared in court, and the outcome of the case, is not reported.
Only the brief police statement describes what was seized; the outlets say the material was confirmed as cannabis and tobacco but give no further detail.
The SKNVibes account lists earlier contraband cases at the same prison, which are separate events left out here.
The prison's exact street address is not given; coordinates are for Basseterre town centre.
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.
Merville Liburd of Zion, Nevis was charged with cultivation of cannabis and cultivation with intent to supply for offences committed on 13 March 2026. He was charged at the Charlestown Police Station, with no seizure quantity or court outcome reported.
Ronald King of Hamilton, Nevis was charged with cultivation of cannabis and cultivation with intent to supply for an offence committed on 13 March 2026. He was charged at the Charlestown Police Station, with no seizure quantity or court outcome reported.
Police in St Kitts and Nevis charged three men with possession of cannabis with intent to supply over offences on 26–27 June 2024. Davin Phipps was charged at Basseterre Police Station on 28 June, while Xavier Dore and Antonio Pascal were charged at Newcastle Police Station on Nevis.
