Large Crime Drop in St Kitts: Report

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - November 24, 2011

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Crime has fallen by double digits in the last two months in St Kitts and Nevis, according to Prime Minister Denzil Douglas.

“Overall crime in September fell 48 percent compared to August, and in October, we saw again another drop in overall crime — this time of 23 percent compared to the month before,” Douglas said during his weekly radio programme.

Douglas, who assumed responsibility for the Police and Defence forces earlier this year, said the country’s newly-formed Delta Squad had destroyed 3,000 marijuana trees, five guns and hundreds of bullets.

It’s part of an overall anti-crime drive in the country, he said.

“Men and women from all walks of life have been actively helping our country’s security forces ‘take back the streets’, to use Commissioner Walwyn’s expression,” he said. “They have been providing information, tips, insights and we cannot thank and commend them enough.”

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