The police helicopter requested by the police station of Abercrombie, St. Croix to locate a hooded individual who would have kidnapped a person in his vehicle in the area of Vallée des Prêtres on Thursday, December 23 finally fell on a cannabis plantation going in the direction of the mountain Paul and Virginia at Residence La Cure. These plants. A total of one hundred and ninety measuring between fifty centimeters to two meters fifty were uprooted by police officers of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Metropolitan Police of the Northern Division. The market value of these plants is estimated at Rs 600 000. The suspect vehicle was never found.
It was around 9:45 am on Thursday, December 23. An information was obtained at the District Headquarters’ of the Metropolitan Police of the Northern Division to the effect that a person was kidnapped. She was driven at that moment, in the direction of the mountain of Vallée des Prêtres in a vehicle, whose driver was wearing a balaclava. Immediately the machinery was set in motion to start an operation. This operation mobilized men from the CID, Divisional Supporting Unit and the Emergency Response Service. The logistic support of the police helicopter was requested to fly over the indicated area.
The Chetak helicopter, which was tasked with this mission, flew the mountainous part of this suburb of the capital for over an hour. No suspicious vehicle whose description was communicated to the police was found. On the other hand by flying over the part of the mountain next to Residence La Cure at the back of Ti-Rodrigues, a plantation of cannabis was spotted.
At around 12:30 pm, a team of police officers from the CID of the Metropolitan Police of the Northern Division, led by Inspector Lulith, raided this location. This exercise allowed to find one hundred and ninety plants cultivated in plastic bags filled with soil and manure. A surveillance operation was set up, but no one showed up at the site.
These plants, which measure between fifty and two and a half meters, were uprooted and transported to the headquarters of the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit at the Central Barracks.
