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Four months for drug possession
A MAN was sentenced to four months in prison after admitting to having over $1,500 worth of drugs in his home earlier this week.
$3,500 fine for drugs charges
A MAN was ordered to pay $3,500 in fines in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday after pleading guilty to possessing more than 10lbs of Indian hemp.
$200 fine over Indian hemp find
A MAN was fined $200 in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for possession of dangerous drugs.
Poets, rapper and writers to join camp with peers
Poets, rapper and writers to join camp with peers The winners of the first "Youth Express" essay, rap and poetry contest, co-sponsored by the United States Embassy in partnership with the Bahamas National Drug Council, are participating in a National Pee
Man shot in both legs
A 27 year old male of Thompson Lane off East Street is in hospital after being shot in both legs.
American tourists fined for drug possession
TWO American tourists were fined on Friday after they admitted to have a quantity of drugs in New Providence in two separate incidents last week.
Women held after drugs discovery
A woman from Nassau Village is in custody after she was arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport for possession of dangerous drugs on Wednesday, police reported.
Bail denied for Jamaican man accused of importing cocaine
A JAMAICAN man who was accused of importing five kilos of cocaine into the country was on Friday denied bail ahead of his trial.
$500 fine for Eleuthera drugs sellers
TWO Eleuthera men who were caught last week selling drugs in Governor’s Harbour were each fined $500.
$18,000 worth of marijuana found on Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama police made a drug arrest in Freeport and discovered nearly $20,000 worth of suspected marijuana in bushes near the Casuarina Bridge.ASP Terecita Pinder said officers of the Rapid Response Unit arrested a 23-year-old male resident of Ral
Drugs haul found on boat
A MAN was arrested after police found suspected marijuana on a boat docked at Potter’s Cay. Police said officers armed with a search warrant boarded the vessel shortly after 9pm on Sunday. Officers found drugs on board and arrested a man who on the
Man ordered to attend counselling after drug charge
A MAN was ordered to attend counseling on Friday after he admitted to having three grammes of marijuana last week.
BURGLARY AND DRUG CHARGES FOR ACCUSED
A PINEWOOD Gardens man was arraigned before two Magistrates yesterday morning on various charges, including housebreaking and possession of drugs with intent to supply. Damal Campbell, 27, first appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Carolita Bethell in
Police still uprooting marijuana plants
POLICE were still uprooting plants yesterday at a huge marijuana field found at the rear of Dignity Gardens, thought to contain $500,000 worth of drugs.
$1m drug defendant ‘just trying to make money’
A POLICE officer yesterday testified how one of the men accused of being involved in a near $1m drug operation in Exuma last year told the police on the day of his arrest that he “was just trying to make some money”.
52-year-old mother admits that she agreed to take drugs into prison
A MAGISTRATE yesterday said he was “lost for words” in the case of a 52-year-old woman who admitted that she agreed to traffic drugs into the Department of Correctional Services.
UPDATED: 50 held in mass drugs raid
50 people were arrested on Grand Bahama on Tuesday morning in a joint operation between Bahamian and US law enforcement officers that resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of drugs and US cash, and several firearms and ammunition.
$1,000 fine or six months in jail for drug possession
A 39-year-old man was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine or face six months in prison for drug possession yesterday.He was among several men who appeared in Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Andrew Forbes for drug-related offences. Many of those charged
Man jailed and fined over drugs possession
A man convicted of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $2,000 by a Freeport Magistrate on Friday.
Interpol training to help tackle organised crime
BAHAMIAN and Interpol officials opened a two-week training programme yesterday that is expected to enhance the investigational skills of law enforcement personnel in the interdiction of criminal organisations involved in counterfeiting, money laundering, human smuggling and the trafficking of illicit goods, weapons and drugs,