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Mother accuses own son in drugs case
A MOTHER told a Magistrate in court that it was her son’s marijuana that police officers found in her Market Street home over the weekend.

Jury hears of cry: 'The police got me'
“The police got me! The man them got me!” a policewoman shouted into her cellphone as she resisted arrest, moments after a package of cocaine dropped from under her skirt, a jury was told yesterday.
US gives $941,000 to battle against drugs
THE United States Embassy donated $941,000 worth of critical equipment to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force yesterday to help the fight against drug smuggling and people trafficking.

Spate of drugs finds continues
POLICE confiscated $105,000 worth of marijuana from a teenage boy in Eleuthera a day after they discovered $3.2 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a plot in Grand Bahama.
A parent's guide to chiropractic health
By THE BAHAMAS ASSOCIATION OF CHIROPRACTIC

PharmaChem more than $68m insolvent
PharmaChem Technologies is more than $68m insolvent with its major creditor having secured just 26.3 percent of the massive debt owed to it, Tribune Business can reveal.

INSIGHT: More than just a uniform
“NO, it wasn’t just the uniform for me. It was the attitude and professionalism of the first officers I came into contact with. It was my admiration for them and how they treated my family during a very serious time, that’s what drove me to the Royal Bahamas Police Force,” was how outgoing Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean summed up his initial interest in the organisation he would help develop over a 38-year period.

American woman held over drugs
CENTRAL division officers arrested an American woman aboard the Carnival Elation cruise ship, after she was allegedly found in possession of a quantity of suspected marijuana.The woman is expected to be formally arraigned in Magistrate’s Court later
'Enclave' tourism cannot beat crime
The Caribbean has often suffered from a surfeit of unemployment and economic malaise, both of which are linked to rises in criminal activity. Yet when one compares the rate of criminal activity aimed at tourists in the Caribbean to other similar destinations, one the Caribbean is doing an exceptionally good job in ensuring the safety of visitors. Chesney-Lind and Lind (1986) found that visitors to Hawaii experienced more violent and non-violent crime than did residents.
Murder testimony to resume on Monday
TESTIMONY is not expected to resume until Monday in the case of a man accused of aiding the fatal stabbing of the teenage son of convicted drug traffickers Dwight and Keva Major.

53rd murder victim of the year identified
THE man who became the country's latest murder victim after he was shot and killed at his home has been identified by a police source as Lavardo Dean.
'Jamaican crooks were smuggled from Freeport'
THE SEARCH for a group of missing Jamaican men has reportedly uncovered an illegal trafficking scheme using Bahamian waters to access the United States.

Two held as police seize marijuana
OFFICERS confiscated suspected marijuana in two separate incidents and made two arrests over Sunday night and early Monday morning.

Tourists are detained at airport with marijuana in their luggage
TWO tourists who tried to go through the American customs station at Lynden Pindling International Airport with marijuana in their luggage were fined in magistrate’s court yesterday.

Birthday joint costs man $300 in court
A MAN who was caught with marijuana joints he claimed he bought to celebrate his birthday was fined $300 in the Magistrate’s Court.

Acquitted after false report
A MAGISTRATE yesterday acquitted a man who was accused of assaulting a woman last month after it was revealed she gave false information to police.
Youth violence
THE murder of that young 15-year old student, seems to have exposed us all to the nature of some of our young people. Our violent youth!
Crime under control?
WHILE the Police were having a special police operation carnage on Jerome Avenue - who said crime is under control?

Ordered to pay $3.5k for marijuana possession
A 38-year-old man was ordered to pay a $3,500 fine yesterday after he pleaded guilty to marijuana possession with the intent to supply . Jerry Erme appeared in Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Samuel McKinney after officers seized two pound

Three arrested after firearms, ammunition found
NEW PROVIDENCE police have arrested three men who, allegedly, were discovered with illegal firearms and ammunition in their possession on Thursday evening.