ARREST AND CHARGES TO BE PREFERRED IN GENRAL POST OFFICE
CONTROLLED DRUGS RECOVERY
On Tuesday, 29 July 2025, officers from the Gangs, Narcotics and Firearms Unit, in
collaboration with the Customs and Excise Department, intercepted a suspicious
incoming shipment at the General Post Office, Castries. The package, originating
from United States, was declared as food items but was found to contain eighty (80)
rectangular bricks of suspected cannabis resin (hashish), each stamped “Made in
California.” The total weight was 8.02 kilograms, with an estimated street value of
three hundred and twenty thousand eight hundred ($320,800 EC) dollars. The drugs
were seized, documented, and secured as exhibits.
On Wednesday, 6 August 2025, a General Post Office employee was arrested. Acting
on this information, investigators executed a search warrant on the morning of
Friday, 8 August 2025, in Millet. The search resulted in the seizure of electronics.
The suspect was taken into custody and interviewed.
The investigations are ongoing and charges of Importation of Controlled Drugs
under the Drug (Prevention of Misuse) Act of Saint Lucia, Fraudulent Evasion under
Section 84 (2) Schedule 3 – Part 2 Paragraph 5, and Goods Improperly Imported
under the Customs Act section 32 (1) (b), (d) & (f) will be preferred.
This case highlights the effectiveness of coordinated inter-agency operations in Saint
Lucia, demonstrating how timely intelligence-sharing and swift execution of search
and arrest warrants can successfully disrupt drug trafficking networks. The seizure of
over three hundred thousand ($300,000 EC) dollars worth of drugs and the charging
of two linked suspects mark a significant blow to the illegal drug trade.