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Bahamians Pleased With National Prescription Drug Plan

Bahamians Pleased With National Prescription Drug Plan By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter FOUR additional chronic diseases have been added to the National Drug Prescription Plan, chief pharmacist Dr Brenna Brown-Turnquest announced at the 40th a

Bahamians Pleased With National Prescription Drug Plan

Bahamians Pleased With National Prescription Drug Plan By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter FOUR additional chronic diseases have been added to the National Drug Prescription Plan, chief pharmacist Dr Brenna Brown-Turnquest announced at the 40th a

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Drug lord conviction confirmed

THE Court of Appeal yesterday affirmed the conviction of Dwight Major, who was found guilty of several drug related offences over a decade ago.

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$1,000 fine after being found with marijuana and cocaine

A 39-year-old man was fined nearly $1,000 yesterday after police found him with a quantity of marijuana and cocaine last week.

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$25m cocaine smugglers say officer aided them

TWO Venezuelan men who were caught trying to smuggle $25m worth of cocaine into the country last week were sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.

FRONT PORCH: From Norman’s Cay to Nygard Cay

The sordid and dark chapters in Bahamian history linking Norman’s Cay, Exuma, to Nygard Cay, New Providence, are deeply woven into the political narrative and entrenched culture of corruption of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

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Four held after police hail 'major' marijuana seizure

POLICE have arrested three men and a woman for possession of a large quantity of marijuana, saying they have "dealt a major blow to the drug traffickers in the Bahamas".

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Five million dollars worth of suspected cocaine seized in Freeport

FIVE million dollars worth of suspected cocaine was discovered at the Freeport Container Port on Friday - the largest drug seizure this year in Grand Bahama.

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100k bail for man with four grammes of marijuana

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after it was alleged that he was found with drugs.

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Man arrested after suspected marijuana found

A 38-year-old Abaco man was arrested on Thursday following the discovery of a large quantity of suspected drugs on that island.

Five men arrested after two marijuana finds

POLICE have reported that they have made two drug seizures overnight in New Providence and arrested five men in connection with the finds.

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Two held after $168,000 of marijuana recovered in Exuma

A joint operation between police and Defence Force officers resulted in the seizure of $168,000 worth of dangerous drugs in Exuma on Sunday morning.

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Marijuana stash discovered in Bimini

BIMINI police discovered a quantity of dangerous drugs on the island this week, a senior police official reported.

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Drugs discovery

A 22-year-old Bahamian woman was taken into custody after she was found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) on Wednesday. According to police, around 6.30am, the was woman traveling to t

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Drugs and firearms found on Exuma

EXUMA police conducted special operations in three settlements on Tuesday and recovered a quantity of dangerous drugs and two illegal firearms.

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Drugs and firearm seized

POLICE on patrol took a quantity of dangerous drugs and a firearm off the streets of New Providence in separate incidents.

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13 in custody after suspected drugs found

THIRTEEN people - eight men and five women - were turned over to police officials by Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines on Friday after a search uncovered suspected drugs on Friday afternoon at the Port Department.

Gov’t drug plan losses ‘the norm’

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader yesterday revealed he was resisting advice to cease his family pharmacy’s participation in the Government’s prescription drug plan because consistent monthly losses were “the norm”.

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Sentence cut for woman who held drugs because she faced hard times

A BIMINITE, who blamed “hard times” for her decision to hold $19,000 worth of marijuana in her possession, had her sentence reduced by one quarter yesterday.

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Sentence for part in $6m drug smuggling operation

STEPHEN 'Die' Stubbs has been jailed for four years for his part in a $6 million drug smuggling operation.