Drug enforcement officials reportedly intercepted cocaine in a shipment of dried coconuts at the Hewenorra International Airport on Sunday.
The discovery was made around noon today, October 2, 2016.
The cocaine was detected in the coconuts moments before it was loaded onto a flight destined for the United Kingdom.
According to information received, the cocaine was detected during an inspection of the produce by drug enforcement officials.
A senior police source confirmed the incident with St. Lucia News Online but could not provide any details.
A reliable source at the airport has also confirmed the incident.
It is not clear how much drugs were found and whether the shipper was questioned or arrested.
Only recently, six kilogrammes of cocaine concealed inside 9 hollowed out breadfruits from Saint Lucia was discovered by British Border Force officers.
No arrests were made in that particular incident.
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