Leacock promises cocaine amnesty; ‘don’t touch it’, says Dr Gonsalves

SEEN AS “A SOFT TOUCH to what could be a hard and serious problem,” Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister St Clair Leacock, announced an amnesty for people who turn over to the police cocaine they may find floating at sea.

Speaking last Monday, February 23, 2026 on the ruling New Democratic Party’s New Times radio programme on NICE Radio, the National Security Minister said theirs was an administration that is making this easy to say, “Look, this is not of your making. These are the circumstances that emerge.You show your willingness to be in cooperation with the law enforcement agencies, get it off yourself, and we say go your way’.”

Explaining the amnesty, Leacock said “If you…came into possession of any of that coke on the high seas now and you wanted to

call someone to help you do it, or you say you could get in to the police safely, they’re not going to pursue you.

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