St Kitts man charged over cannabis brought through the airport; no weight given
Keon Hewlett of College Housing, Basseterre, was arrested over cannabis brought through the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 2 December 2023 and charged two days later with importing cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply. The St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Department added four charges over a false declaration and attempts to evade customs.
🇰🇳 Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, Basseterre, St Kitts · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Keon Hewlett, a resident of College Housing in Basseterre, St Kitts, was
arrested and charged with cannabis importation and possession of cannabis with
intent to supply on two warrants.[1]The offences were committed at the Robert
L. Bradshaw International Airport on 2 December 2023, and the charges were laid
at the Basseterre Police Station on 4 December 2023.[1]Police said Hewlett
was caught trying to evade officers while importing illicit substances on
Saturday 2 December.[2]
The St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Department added four charges:
submitting a false declaration to a customs officer, importing a quantity of
Cannabis Sativa, importing restricted goods, namely Cannabis Sativa, and
knowingly attempting to fraudulently evade customs.[1]Hewlett was charged on
Monday 4 December 2023 at the Basseterre Police Station with a number of
drugs-related offences.[2]VON Radio reported that the charges were laid two
days after the airport offences, which it dated to Saturday 2 December.[3]
NevisPages published the same customs charges on 6 December 2023, the day
SKNVibes reported the case.[4]The reports name no weight for the cannabis,
give no street value and do not say whether Hewlett was granted bail or has
appeared in court.[2]
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Handout image filed under the name Hewlett and used as the lead photo for the SKNVibes report of the cannabis-importation charges at Basseterre Police Station; the page carries no caption or credit stating what it depicts.Photo details
No weight, quantity or street value of the cannabis was published; the reports say only that a quantity of Cannabis Sativa was imported.
The reports do not say whether any cannabis was seized or taken into custody, only that importation and possession with intent to supply were charged.
Hewlett's age and any address beyond College Housing are not given, and no bail decision, plea or court date is reported.
SKNVibes, VON Radio, Buckie Got It, NevisPages and the police release all reproduce the same police and customs communiqué, so they are not independent accounts.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Buckie Got It: Buckie Got It reproduced the force's release, which gives the airport as the scene of the offences and 4 December 2023 as the date the charges were laid.
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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.
Zenhastel Odel Hector Jr. was charged with cannabis importation and possession with intent to supply after customs and police intercepted six vacuum-sealed packages of cannabis in his luggage at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on 22 September 2025. Following confirmation of the substance, police and customs officers formally laid five charges against him on 9 October 2025.
Greek billionaire Alki David was arrested at St Kitts airport after 550 plants he declared as hemp tested as cannabis. He was charged with possession, intent to supply and importation and released on EC$300,000 bail to return in September.
Police seized 100 lbs of marijuana delivered to Conaree Beach on 3 March 2017 and arrested three people who retrieved it. The Coast Guard intercepted a suspected delivery fishing vessel near Nags Head but later released its two occupants and the vessel.
