On Saturday, December 8, 2012, officers attached to the Soufriere Police Station, whilst acting on information, carried out a search in an open area at Palmiste, Soufriere.

During that search the officers recovered a 9mm pistol. No one was arrested in relation to this incident.

On Sunday, December 9, 2012, the officers conducted an eradication exercise at Fond St. Jacques, Soufriere in which a total of 16,000 fully grown marijuana plants were destroyed.

No one was arrested.