The Royal St. Lucia Police Force {RSLPF} has extradited yet another individual as part of a newly rejuvenated law enforcement relationship with the neighbouring island of Martinique.
On Monday, November 17, 2025, officers of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force facilitated the extradition of fifty-two-year-old Simone Sitolence, also known as “Buju,” to Martinique. Sitolence was formally handed over to French officials in a joint operation carried out in line with all required legal and procedural safeguards.
In 2019, a French court indicted Sitolence on eight charges, including unauthorized importation, transport, acquisition, detention, and sale of narcotics, participation in a criminal conspiracy for the preparation of a crime, detention of goods dangerous to public health and the transport of goods dangerous to public health. In 2022, he was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Although he appealed, he repeatedly failed to appear for hearings, leading the court in 2024 to declare a forfeiture of his right to appeal. An international provisional arrest warrant was subsequently issued, and he was apprehended on October 1, 2025, during a police operation at George Charles Boulevard, Marchand. The RSLPF says, throughout the extradition process, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force ensured that his safety and well-being were protected up to the point of transfer.
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force reiterated its committment to ensuring that persons wanted in connection with criminal matters are made to answer before the appropriate judicial authorities.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, November 5, 2025 about 4:39 p.m. officers of the Police Marine Unit and the Marine Intelligence and Investigations Unit, received information of a body floating on the La Toc Beach, Castries
Initial inquiries revealed that one (1) unresponsive male was retrieved from the La Toc Beach. He was later pronounced dead on the scene by a medical professional.
The deceased has been identified as fifty-six (56) year old Christopher Lewis Forman a Canadian National, who was at the time of his passing on bail in connection with the offence of Aiding and Abetting Suicide.
The RSLPF has also provided an update on a number of law enforcement related incidents including the Richfond Shooting.
Officers of the Richfond Police Station arrested and charged one man in connection with the shooting incident, Thursday, November 6 2025, in Richfond Dennery, which left two persons nursing gunshot wounds.
Sean John, aka Zenzee, a twenty-seven (27)-year-old man of Richfond Dennery, was arrested on Friday, November 7, 2025 about 3:30 pm, after a Warrant to Search Premises was executed on his premises in connection with the shooting incident. Further investigations resulted in him being charged with two counts of Attempted Murder.
He was taken before the First District Court on Friday, November 14 2025. He was allowed bail in the sum of twenty-five thousand ($25 000.00) dollars cash or suitable surety for each charge. The matter was adjourned to the 23rd of February, 2026.
One of the victims has been discharged from the hospital, and the other remains under care at a medical facility.