BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – STEADROY ‘SMASH’ WALWYN, the man who was among three individuals charged with a drug bust in November 2015, was granted pre-trial freedom to the tune of EC$20, ooo.
According to a police communiqué, Walwyn of Walwyn Avenue, Buckley’s Site, who is said to be the brother of former Commissioner of Police Selvin ‘CG” Walwyn, was granted bail with five conditions.
The magistrate ordered that he is to surrender his St. Kitts and Nevis passport and other travel documents in his possession to the Registrar of the High Court forthwith, which is to be held pending the trial or other disposition of the matter; to report to the Basseterre Police Station thrice weekly – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; and to be prohibited from making any contact whatsoever with any potential witness or witnesses in the proceedings, whether in person or by any agent acting on his behalf at his request or with his encouragement.
Also, should he breach any of the above conditions, it would result in him being arrested and the immediate revocation of the bail granted. This condition would also be enforced if he at anytime is arrested and charged for any offence whatsoever.
Walwyn, Elaine Hyacinth Cooper of Herbert Street, Newtown and Levi ‘Marley’ Aliah Archibald of Trafalgar Village were jointly charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to supply and importation of cocaine.
It is rather confusing to learn that Walwyn is now on EC$20,000 bail when a police communiqué issued on Friday, November 27, 2015 had stated that Cooper and Walwyn were bailed to the tune of EC$30,000 each, but Archibald was not and had remained on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison.
On the night of Sunday, November 22, 2015, members of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force’s Special Services Unit and the Anti-Narcotics Unit, supported by members of sister law enforcement agencies, conducted a joint operation which began at the RLB International Airport and ended in Buckley’s site.
Information that reached this publication had stated that the officers had Cooper under surveillance after she flew into St. Kitts on a LIAT flight from St. Lucia and was allegedly met at the airport by Archibald.
The duo then headed to the Walwyn Avenue, Buckley’s Site residence of Walwyn to whom they allegedly handed over the suitcase.
Armed with a warrant to execute a search of the premises on suspicion of controlled drugs, firearms and ammunition, the officers carried out their quest and found a quantity of whitish substance concealed in a false compartment of the suitcase that Cooper allegedly brought into the country.
The whitish substance was later tested and proved to be cocaine with a street value of over EC$103,000.
At that time of the bust, the Special Services and the Anti-Narcotics Units had seized some 830 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of EC$11.265M, and 10.522 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of EC$447,790.
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