Three In Custody for Unlawful Cultivation of Cannabis

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St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda — Thursday, May 1, 2025

Three people are currently being questioned by the police regarding the unlawful cultivation of cannabis.

On Wednesday, April 30, several police officers conducted a search operation in Pares, where they seized a significant quantity of cannabis plants growing on a property.

Two residents of Pares and one from Willikies were present on the property at the time and were subsequently arrested and taken into custody.

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The police also confiscated several other items believed to be connected to the illegal operation.
Further investigations into the matter are ongoing.

The Police Administration remains committed to enforcing the laws of Antigua and Barbuda and urges members of the public to report any suspicious or illegal activity by contacting the Criminal Investigations Department at 462-3913 or by calling the anonymous Crimestoppers Hotline at 800-TIPS (8477).

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Comments (10)

  • Jah man May 1, 2025, 9:10 AM

    It’s just a tree they make it look so bad 😐 why don’t they go look for all the missing persons, and stop making weed look like it’s doing anything to people by itself
    Reply
  • Anonymous May 1, 2025, 9:19 AM

    Is the Trinidad boy they were looking for an buck up on d plantation
    Reply
  • Stone May 1, 2025, 9:53 AM

    Cultivating the wrong place at the wrong time..
    Reply
  • Teacher for Life May 1, 2025, 10:54 AM

    CHUPS!!!What’s unlawful about a plant- one among all that the Almighty has given us? What needs to happen is a doing away of the colonizer mindset and free the weed!!! CHUPS!!!
    Reply
  • Donna May 1, 2025, 10:59 AM

    Cultivating marijuana in Antigua is a waste of time. With people constantly gone missing in Antigua which requires searching groups, these illegal cultivation will come upon. You’re required to plant four marijuana plants in your yard, why not do as the law stated.
    Reply
  • Rage May 1, 2025, 2:38 PM

    People still going to jail for growing a tree that God made. JUSTICE FOR CHANTEL. JUSTICE FOR YENIFER. JUSTICE FOR THE JAMES GIRL, JUSTICE FOR MANNY JAMES. JUSTICE FOR BRUCE GREENAWAY. GO find the missing people. PASSO. VINCIA. WHO KILLED THE FEMALE POLICE OFFICER. SHE DIDNT UNALIVE HERSELF. Go get real bomboclatttt work fi do and stop harrass man for a little weed. SO MUCH CRIME IN THE LAND. You sit your lazy ass giving people traffic tickets when you get board and arresting YOUTEMAN for a little herb. FIRE BUN POLICE
    Reply
    • Antigua Surf May 2, 2025, 12:28 AM

      I can’t help but jump on your comment, I mean. The priorities of the police are messed up. Missing people and more but a weed tree becomes your center of attention. They can’t find missing people if all these police do is drive around in AC trucks, chatting and laughing. The country is falling apart but you charging a man for irrelevant plants. And yes we believe that police officer never unalived herself
      Reply
  • Jovan May 1, 2025, 3:10 PM

    Free up the herb. Go look for those selling cocaine to the young people. God must be angry that a plant he created has caused so much pain and suffering in this land
    Reply
  • Juju Bee May 1, 2025, 10:33 PM

    He with no sin cast a stone.. that’s definitely not me
    Reply
  • Food4thought May 2, 2025, 12:30 AM

    But let the police leave them with the cannabis and it’s a different word under Antigua.news post. Can’t please humans
    Reply

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