The Electoral office on High Street, Castries was burglarised on Friday morning, June 6, 2014.
Acting Chief Elections Officer Gasper Jn Baptiste, in an interview with Saint Lucia News Online, (SNO) said that save for a few office supplies such as dish-washing liquid and milk, nothing else is reported missing.
He said that all electronic equipment is intact, though every locked desk was forced open and ransacked.
Staff had noticed the office was broken into at about 7:30 a.m. when they opened the building for work.
Jn Baptiste noted that based on what he observed, kitchen backdoor on the second floor of the building was forced open.
“In terms of paper and files … they were ransacked so we cannot tell you if one letter was taken because of the way it was done,” he said.
This is not the first burglary at the Electoral Office. The most recent one occurred in July 2010.
“From time-to-time we get these things,” Jn Baptiste said.
The acting chief elections officer said the effort to open the door would have caused loud noises based on the damage done to the door.
Police are investigating.