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Jailed for pharmacy break-in
A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday after admitting to breaking into and stealing from a pharmacy.
$240k cocaine find in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama police foiled a suspected drug deal and recovered 12 kilos of cocaine worth close to a quarter million dollars on Wednesday evening.
$50,000 BAIL BOND AT RISK IF MAN CONVICTED
$50,000 BAIL BOND AT RISK IF MAN CONVICTED By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THREE persons who stood surety for a man who failed to appear at his drug trial more than two years ago are faced with having to pay his $50,000 bail bond if he is co
Man agrees to counselling after discharge
A 24-year-old man who was charged with marijuana possession was given a conditional discharge yesterday after agreeing to take drug counselling classes. Lawrence Tynes appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes after officers found him on
Man charged with marijuana possession
A 29-YEAR-OLD man who was found with over five ounces of marijuana must attend four months of drug counselling to avoid spending three months in prison.
Man fined for cocaine
A 32-year-old man who claimed he used cocaine as an antibiotic to help alleviate his immune deficiency disorder has to pay $100 to avoid spending a month behind bars.
Dwight Major charged with another man over $280k of marijuana
Dwight Major and another man were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with being found with over $280,000 worth of marijuana earlier this week with plans to distribute the drugs to others.
From remand to jail after prison officers find marijuana
A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a man who was on remand to eight months behind bars after he was found with 1.5 ounces of marijuana by prison officers last year.
Repeat offender to face investigation
A MAGISTRATE yesterday ordered the Department of Social Services to conduct an investigation on a repeat drug offender who admitted struggling with marijuana addiction.
Cruise passenger ‘thought marijuana was legal’
PAY the fine or do the time was a magistrate’s order yesterday to an American man who pleaded guilty when charged with possession of dangerous drugs.
Pair jailed over possession of $500,000 drugs haul
TWO men were sentenced to spend six years at Her Majesty’s Prison after being convicted in two separate drug cases.
Man pleads guilty to 'escaping' charge
A MAN who escaped police custody in Bimini after being arrested in connection with last weekend’s $411,000 marijuana seizure pleaded guilty to the “escaping” charge when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court.
Extra time for lawyer in appeal to vary drug convict's fine payment
MORE time was given to a lawyer to make submissions on whether the Court of Appeal has the jurisdiction to vary the payment of a $250,000 fine it ordered a drug convict to pay.
Woman jailed for two years over cocaine in knapsack
A 21-year-old New Providence woman caught with cocaine in a knapsack earlier this week at the Grand Bahama International Airport was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison.
Suspected $2m cocaine haul seized by police officers
Bahamian authorities made major drug bust at the Freeport Container Port on Thursday, seizing over $2 million worth of suspected cocaine.
Prison officers accused of smuggling drugs, contraband into BDOCS
TWO WOMEN prison officers accused of smuggling drugs and other contraband into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS) were granted $4,000 bail Friday.
Accused policeman in court today
A POLICEMAN on $10,000 bail returns to court today to face a firearm possession charge, along with five other men who were arraigned on drug possession charges yesterday.
Possession of a gram of marijuana leads to $1,300 fine for man
A MAN was fined $1,300 after admitting to having a gram of marijuana last weekend.
Two arrested over marijuana plants find
TWO men were arrested in connection with the recent discovery of 7,000 marijuana plants at a field in Grand Bahama.
Fined for cocaine possession
A man who officers seized nearly ten ounces of cocaine from on Tuesday was fined $5,000 in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.