PRESS RELEASE - A team of police officers from the Southern Detachment of the Special Services Unit conducted an eradication exercise in the Grace Fond Joyeux Re-Eradication in Vieux Fort area on Saturday, March 7 2015.
As a result of the exercise, a total of 8,940 fully grown Cannabis plants and 500 seedlings were uprooted and destroyed.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force has undertaken a number of successful operations to crackdown on the cultivation of Cannabis and according to the Commissioner of Police, there will be no abating of efforts on the part of law men to ensure that this momentum continues.
Meanwhile, in continued efforts to halt the cultivation of cannabis, the Anse La Raye Police on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, conducted an eradication exercise in the Aupos area between 7:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
As a result of the exercise, 14,500 fully grown plants and 2,200 seedlings were destroyed
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force has undertaken a number of successful operations to crackdown on the cultivation of Cannabis and according to the Commissioner of Police, there will be no abating of efforts on the part of law men to ensure that this momentum continues.