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Contractor who used marijuana for anxiety fined $750

THE lawyer for a 27-year-old contractor battling anxiety yesterday told a magistrate his client uses marijuana to self-medicate.Stefan Hall, of Fox Hill, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney and admitted he had planned to smoke the quantity of dru

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Two charged after cocaine found at Grand Bahama airport

TWO men from Grand Bahama were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday over allegations they were caught trying to export over $40,000 worth of cocaine out of the country’s second city earlier this week.

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Man fined $6,000 for marijuana possession

A 55-year-old man who was found with over three pounds of marijuana was fined $6,000 in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Father jailed for firearm offences

A FATHER was sentenced to 16 months in prison yesterday on firearm and ammunition charges.

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Miss Florida's trial put on hold as co-accused fails to show

A WOMAN who went viral on social media last year had her criminal trial over alleged drug possession with intent to supply adjourned to March 27 after her co-accused failed to show in court yesterday.

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Man injured in drive-by shooting

POLICE are searching for a male suspect responsible for a shooting that left a man in hospital on Wednesday. Around 9pm, a man had just walked out of a business in the Kennedy Subdivision, when the occupants in a grey Honda CRV vehicle pulled up and

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Man accused of murder sentenced to four years’ prison for possession of a loaded gun

A MAN awaiting trial for murder was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of having a loaded gun yesterday.

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Dismissed police constable denied bail

A JUDGE denied bail to dismissed police constable Toni Sweeting yesterday ahead of her adjourned drug trial, for reasons he is expected to submit in writing.

Murder suspect arrested

GRAND Bahama police made more than a dozen arrests early this week in Freeport, including the arrest of a man who is wanted for murder.

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Murder suspect among latest arrests

POLICE arrested 17 persons on Monday, including one man for murder and others who were wanted for questioning in connection with serious offences such as possession of dangerous drugs and housebreaking.

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Pair arrested after shotgun is found

POLICE have taken a 21-year-old male and a 19-year-old female into custody for questioning in reference to a shotgun recovered by police during their latest anti-crime operation.

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Teen pleads guilty on drug possession granted bail

A TEENAGER was placed on probation yesterday after admitting to having two grams of marijuana earlier this week.

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$3,200 fine for drugs charges

A MAN was fined $3,200 in court on Friday after admitting to having 2.2lbs of Indian hemp.

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Exuma man fined over marijuana plants

AN Exuma man was fined a combined $3,500 in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday after being found cultivating 18 marijuana plants on the island.

Sabritas targeted by firebombs

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican police are providing stepped-up security for a PepsiCo subsidiary targeted by firebomb attacks over the weekend, official said Tuesday. About one hundred state and federal police are guarding the distribution centers of Sabritas

Mexican general, 29 soldiers on trial for homicide

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A top Mexican official has confirmed that an army general and 29 soldiers under his command assigned to a town on the border with Texas are being tried on charges of homicide, drug trafficking and other crimes. Interior Secretary Alejan

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Man fined $800 after admitting drug possession

A man was fined $800 on Friday after admitting to having an estimated $130 worth of marijuana on his person last week.

Man sentenced to 7 months for marijuana possession

A MAN was sentenced to seven months in prison on Friday after he admitted to having 3oz of marijuana in his possession last Tuesday.

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$300,000 marijuana find

THERE was a significant drug seizure in North Bimini on Wednesday, resulting in the discovery of more than $300,000 worth of suspected marijuana, police reported. According to Assistant Superintendent Terecita Pinder, officers were on routine patrol

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Suspected drugs, ammunition found in Freeport

Suspected marijuana and illegal ammunition were discovered in separate incidents in the Freeport area, Grand Bahama Police reported Friday.