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Police ask for help in tracking down pair of armed robbers

POLICE want the public’s help in locating two men who were involved in two separate armed robberies.

Suretors left to face court after bailed man's no-show

TWO suretors found themselves strapped with a $500 fine or alternative prison sentence yesterday, because the man they stood $7,500 bail for on a drug possession charge failed to turn up for numerous court dates.

Two 'executed' in Abaco killings

POLICE have several persons in custody in connection with two “execution style” murders in Abaco, which sources say are believed to have been the result of a drug deal gone wrong.

Freeport plant in buy back and $60m expansion

The Italian founder of Freeport’s PharmaChem Technologies plant is attempting to buy it back from its French owner, a move that if successful could result in its $60 million expansion.

Is crime really down?

My reason for writing this letter is because I’ve heard the news on television saying that crime has decreased, but has crime really decreased? This is the question.

Drugs worth $2m seized by police

FREEPORT – Some $2 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by police during a drug bust in the Holmes Rock area late Wednesday evening.

Greenslade: No crime crisis in Grand Bahama

FREEPORT – Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said statistics show that crime in Grand Bahama went down in 2013, and there is no crisis on the island.

Man jailed for three years for housebreaking and drugs

FREEPORT – A 28-year-old Freeport man convicted of housebreaking, stealing, and drug possession was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill.

OPBAT operations bring in huge hall of drugs

POLICE yesterday reported that during 2013, they took part in 11 successful OPBAT operations resulting in 680 pounds of cocaine and 13,009 pounds of marijuana being seized for the year.

Urban renewal to launch door-to-door crime survey

URBAN Renewal is set to launch a door-to-door survey in New Providence in an effort to determine the prevalence of factors that lead to crime.

Overcoming crime and the feat of crime

By Dr. Raymond Wells

Sentence for pilot in drugs case upheld

THE Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s conviction and three year sentence for a pilot found guilty of cocaine possession with intent to supply.

Police find drugs worth $25,000

FREEPORT – Abaco police discovered a quantity of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of $25,000.

Two charged over $3m drugs find

TWO men were arraigned yesterday in the Magistrates Court complex in connection with the more than $3 million cocaine and marijuana find over the weekend.

Too little, too late

I believe the call by Bahamians for a return of “hanging”, often invoking emotive language in our native vernacular, in the following YouTube video, “Caribbean Crime Wave – The Bahamas”, is merely a reaction to the horror of the proliferation of senseless killings across our once peaceful island nation.

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