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Over three million dollars of suspected drugs found

Two men have been arrested after over three million dollars of suspected dangerous drugs were seized in Grand Bahama.

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Pair accused over $1m drug seizure denied bail at court hearing

TWO men were denied bail yesterday after being arraigned in connection with a $1 million drug seizure in Acklins.

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Guilty plea for man in $2m hemp possession

A MAN pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally having nearly $2m worth of marijuana in separate incidents.

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Pregnant woman fined over drugs

A PREGNANT mother was fined in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for possession of dangerous drugs.

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$1,800 fine for man found with $1,000 worth cocaine

A 51-year-old man, found with $1,000 worth of cocaine last week, was ordered to pay $1,800 to avoid spending six months in prison.

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Probation sentence for growing marijuana

A 30-year-old man was placed on probation after he was caught cultivating a marijuana plant last month.

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Man accused of 2016 murder

A 34-year-old man, wanted by police on drug charges under one name, was arraigned on the charge of murder in Magistrate’s Court under another name yesterday. Patrick Goffe, of Washington Street, was yesterday charged with the December 12, 2016, murd

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Exuma man detained after admitting possession of dangerous drugs

A 52-year-old man was yesterday arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the seizure of $97,000 worth of drugs last Friday.

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Drugs worth $600,000 seized in Grand Bahama

POLICE in Grand Bahama seized more than $600,000 worth of drugs during separate incidents last week.

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Man's sentence halved for drug possession

A MAN was told by the Court of Appeal yesterday to “go and sin no more” after they cut in half his four-year sentence for possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

Drug wholesalers yet to feel PHA’s 20% spend rise

Major Bahamian pharmaceutical wholesalers last night said they were yet to feel the benefits of the Public Hospitals Authority’s (PHA) 20 per cent ‘local’ spending increase, with two reporting a decline in government sales this year.

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PLP campaign general gets a year in jail

CONTRACTOR and Progressive Liberal Party campaign general Carlos Lamm, after a trial lasting four years, was convicted in Magistrate’s Court Monday for possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

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$15k fine over marijuana

A MAN was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine after he admitted to having 10 lbs of marijuana in his possession.

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Three fined over drugs charges

A WOMAN and a pair of men were fined yesterday on two separate drug charges.

Feds: Horse operation was a front for cartel cash

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Federal agents raided a sprawling ranch in Oklahoma and a prominent quarter horse track in New Mexico on Tuesday, alleging the brother of a high-ranking official in a Mexican drug cartel used a horse-breeding operation to launder mone

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Father and sons charged in connection with drugs find

FIVE men were charged in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with two drug seizures in which a total of nearly a $900,000 worth of drugs were confiscated.

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Third man charged in connection with $3m cocaine seizure

A THIRD man was yesterday charged in the Magistrate’s Court in connection with a recent seizure of more than $3m worth of cocaine.

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Attorney seeks to leave drug suspect's case

THE attorney for Dwight Major yesterday submitted a recusal application in his ongoing $280,000 drug case, seeking to have Magistrate Samuel McKinney recuse himself and transfer the matter to another judge.Ian Cargill, Major’s attorney, in his applic

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Canadian man jailed for three years for smuggling heroin

A 54-year-old Canadian man was sentenced to prison on Friday for smuggling almost $10,000 worth of heroin into the Bahamas from London late last year in the hope of getting more than $3m in exchange.

Portland has become another Freeport City

On Easter Monday, CBN uploaded a video report on its YouTube channel titled Portland’s Meltdown: A Progressive Experiment That Has Gone Colossally Bad. Dale Hurd was the reporter.