THE late receipt of full trial transcripts delayed the verdict in a major drug case in which four men, among them Stephen ‘Die’ Stubbs, are accused of conspiring to smuggle $6 million worth of marijuana into the Bahamas.

Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell said she did not receive the full transcripts until last Friday, and was therefore only “three-quarters through the extensive transcripts.”
The trial is now set to close on Thursday, August 23.

Stubbs, 37, of Ridgeland Park; Selva Rudolph Hudson, 57, of Sisal Avenue; and Dion Minnis, 38, are accused of conspiring with 51-year-old David Arlington Colebrooke between September 5 and 30, 2009, to import and possess dangerous drugs in Williams Town, Exuma, with the intent to supply.
Evidence in the trial revealed that the 3,935 pounds of marijuana came from Jamaica and was dropped off in Williams Town.

According to testimony, Colebrooke, who was out on bail but is now on the run, had taken a boat into Nassau where police were waiting to arrest him, having used wire tap methods to catch him in the act.
Colebrooke was allegedly to meet up with Minnis and Stubbs.

Hudson was arrested in the area of the drugs after police found a GPS (global positioning system), which allegedly had been left in a car by Colebrook after he got off the boat.

The police examined the tracking system that led them to the drugs — $5,902,000 worth of marijuana. Stubbs, Hudson and Minnis have denied guilt.

On July 9, Stubbs’ attorney Murrio Ducille made submissions to the magistrate.

On July 16, attorneys Ian Cargill and Dion Smith, who represent Hudson and Minnis respectively, also made submissions concerning the case.

They sought to explain why the evidence holds no weight.