By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

SEVEN Haitian nationals convicted of overstaying in The Bahamas were each fined $250 and ordered deported by a Grand Bahama magistrate last week.

The men – Ordiles Dorgle, Emerson Francois, Michelin Terveus, Wislet Delicate, Rosman Souffrance, Larouse Flerime, and Ezanord Duverseau – were apprehended by Bahamian authorities and appeared before Magistrate LaQuay Laing in Grand Bahama’s Magistrate’s Court on Thursday where they pleaded guilty to overstaying their time in the country.

On September 9, immigration officers, acting on a tip, executed search warrants and conducted a series of operations in Freeport and Eight Mile Rock. The exercise led to the arrest of the seven men, who were found living in The Bahamas without a valid immigration status. They were taken into custody and transported to the Department of Immigration in Freeport for processing.