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Drug trial adjourned

THE trial of a Dominican man and a Colombian man who denied smuggling cocaine into the country was adjourned yesterday after the prosecution’s witnesses failed to attend court.

Police recover firearms, drugs in separate incidents

Two men are in custody after police recovered three illegal firearms and a quantity of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents on Thursday and Friday.

Arrest after suspected drugs find

FREEPORT – Grand Bahama Police made one arrest on Wednesday after a quantity of suspected marijuana was discovered at a home in the Freeport area.

Rise in cocaine and rifle seizures

POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said police are “very concerned” by the amount of cocaine and high-powered rifles that have been seized on the streets of New Providence and Grand Bahama this year.

'Most murders are retaliation killings'

POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade yesterday revealed that most of the murders being committed in the country are retaliation killings stemming from illegal drug dealing.

Pair deny charges over $1.4m marijuana haul

TWO men denied having knowledge or custody of $1.4m worth of marijuana seized on Sunday from a rental unit of a quiet residential community off Tonique Williams Highway.

Turin 2: No trace of drugs

NO drugs were found in the bodies of Alrae Ramsey and Blair John, Italian news media reported yesterday.

Marijuana bust nets $3.4m cargo

A JOINT operation with police, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, US Coast Guard and other American agencies led to the seizure of more than $3m worth of marijuana Monday.

Jamaican fined $10,000 over drugs

A JAMAICAN man was fined $10,000 after he pleaded guilty to drug possession. Winston Watson, 46, was initially charged alongside nine others: Leigh Roy Carter, 33; Ewart Irving, 53; Giovanni Depass, 37; Junior Anthony, 32; Sheldon Gayle, 37; Lionel

$1,000 fine for dangerous drugs

A 27-year-old man convicted of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply was sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $1,000 yesterday.Shaquille Woodside, appearing before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister yesterday, pleaded guilty to posse

Crown loses bid to add jail time for former prison officer

A FORMER prison officer remains a free man after the Crown lost its bid to have him committed to prison for attempting to smuggle $1,000 worth of drugs into the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services earlier this year. Appellate Justices Jon Is

Teenagers held over marijuana find

POLICE report that they had a busy weekend, making arrests in connection with customs avoidance, stolen vehicles, drug possession and a number of outstanding warrants.

Drug case delayed because of lack of a stenographer

A MAN accused of drug possession was granted a stay in his case pending the outcome of his constitutional motion to be heard in the Supreme Court because a magistrate could not comply with his request to have a stenographer present for his trial.

Court awaits Privy Council ruling on wire taps

TWO men appealing conviction and sentence their involvement in a $6 million drug smuggling operation intended to argue the constitutionality of wire tapped evidence in the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Drug lord questions jurisdiction of court to fine or jail him

A drug lord is now questioning the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction to stipulate that he goes to prison for two more years if he fails to pay a $250,000 fine after upholding his conviction for the possession of $1.2m worth of marijuana.

Pharmacists to ‘eat’ NIB drug plan loss

The private Bahamian pharmaceutical industry will have to “eat a significant loss” on existing National Prescription Drug Plan inventories after the National Insurance Board (NIB) - virtually overnight - changed the scheme’s pricing by up to 40 per cent.

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