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Firearm and drugs found by police in separate swoops

POLICE recovered a firearm, a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau on Friday.Shortly after 4pm on Friday, Drug Enforcement Unit officers, acting on information, searched a bushy area off Fire Trail Road, where they fo

Arrests in connection with drug finds

 POLICE in the capital arrested three men in connection with two separate drug finds.

Warning over counterfeit cancer medication

THE Bahamas Pharmacy Council is urging Bahamians purchasing cancer medication to beware a counterfeit drug currently on the market.

Haitian couple in court over drug seizure

AN ELDERLY Haitian couple face seven years in jail if convicted of their alleged involvement in a $42,000 drug seizure on Monday.

'Tough times no excuse to smuggle drugs'

ROUGH economic times is not an excuse to engage in behaviour that is illegal, a magistrate told two men in their 50s - moments before sentencing them for their involvement in a $800,000 drug smuggling plot.

Man held after drugs discovery

GRAND Bahama police arrested a 39-year-old man after discovering a quantity of illegal drugs at a residence in the Freeport area on Monday, according to police.

Man held for drugs possession

A Bahamian male was apprehended for possession of suspected drugs by Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marines on routine patrol aboard a RBDF fast patrol craft on Wednesday afternoon.

Man from Eight Mile Rock arrested for drug possession

A male resident of Eight Mile Rock was arrested on Wednesday after he was allegedly found possessing a quantity of illegal drugs.

Man pleads not guilty on drug charges granted bail

A MAN was granted $9,900 bail after he was accused of having illicit drugs last week.

Drugs and money found on plane in Abaco

THREE men have been arrested after a large amount of dangerous drugs, cash and firearms were seized by law enforcement officers in Abaco on Friday afternoon.

Two in court on drug charges

A 23-year-old and a minor were charged in the Magistrate’s Court on two counts of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

Man gets prison for drug possession

FREEPORT – A Freeport man was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison for possession of dangerous drugs.

POLICE ADVICE: Don’t be afraid - education about drugs must start in the home

Peer pressure to experiment with drugs starts as early as the fourth grade.

'I dealt drugs to pay for food'

A MAN who said his reason for dealing drugs was to put food on his table cried in Magistrates Court after being sentenced to five years imprisonment for possessing $7,000 worth of marijuana.

Police seize drugs and ammunition

Police seized dangerous drugs and ammunition in separate incidents on Friday.

Corrections officer held after drug seizure

An officer from the Bahamas Department of Corrections is in custody after drugs were seized at his home on Friday.

Two held after AK-47, drugs seized

Two men are being held by police after the seizure of a high-powered weapon and dangerous drugs on Saturday.

Six Jamaicans jailed over marijuana farm

SIX Jamaicans were sentenced to two and a half years in prison in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after admitting to having a drug farm in Andros with marijuana plants worth $2.5m.

Taxi driver jailed and fined over drug bust

A 40-year-old taxi driver was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty in a Magistrate’s Court to four drug related charges stemming from a drug bust in the Carmichael Road area late last month.

Marijuana users do not 'function perfectly'

“THERE is no such thing as being inebriated from weed. You can smoke all day long and still work, still drive, still talk, basically you can still function perfectly. But drink straight for two hours. You won’t be able to stand, talk or function at all. Yet weed is illegal... How did this planet get so stupid?”

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