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Department of Corrections officer arrested for drug possession

An officer from the Bahamas Department of Corrections is in custody after he was arrested for drug possession on Friday.

Top two called up for govt cannabis committee

THE government has chosen two co-chairmen for its cannabis committee, which Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said he hopes will be fully constituted within the next week or two.

Marijuana stash found

DRUG Enforcement Unit officers discovered a quantity dangerous drugs hidden in bushes in the Hawksbill Subdivision, a senior police official reported yesterday.Assistant Supt Terecita Pinder reported that DEU officers, acting on information, went to

EDITORIAL: Goodbye, Mr Nygard – 34 Years is Enough

LAST Friday, Deputy Provost Marshal Tommy Sands accompanied by a team of police officers seized the Simms Point/Nygard Cay premises of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, ending a nearly two-day standoff that some called unprecedented and shocking. Those who were appalled that Nygard’s staff managed to defy the third highest-ranking security officer of the land for the better part of two days, refusing him entry despite an order from the highest court in The Bahamas, should not have been surprised.

Two years in jail for marijuana

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to being found in possession of nearly $300,000 worth of marijuana last week.Kendrick Humes was sentenced by Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain following hi

Woman robbed outside her Pinewood Gardens home

A WOMAN was robbed Friday when she pulled up to her home on Wild Guava Street, Pinewood Gardens.

$80,000 drugs found in container

MORE than $80,000 worth of suspected marijuana was discovered in a metal container tied on the bottom of a cargo vessel at the Grand Bahama Shipyard, police reported yesterday.No arrest was made, but police seized 86 pounds of marijuana with an estim

Arrests in Abaco after dangerous drugs, firearms, ammunition found

Four people persons were arrested in Abaco after police discovered dangerous drugs, firearms, and ammunition at a residence, police reported on yesterday.

Five years in jail after cocaine find

A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a 39-year-old Haitian man to five years in prison for his role in the smuggling of $135,000 worth cocaine into the Bahamas last week.Terry Nacius, a farmer from La Tortue, Haiti, stood before stood before Deput

Homeless drug addict begs for leniency after stealing air conditioning unit

A self-described homeless drug addict yesterday begged a magistrate for leniency after being convicted of shopbreaking and theft after he stole an air-condition unit from the Bahamas Football Association’s Bay Street storage facility.Leroy Bethel app

ALICIA WALLACE: Living in the minefield of how women are expected to behave

After being found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault of Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to ten years yesterday. Prosecutors and defence attorneys agreed to merge the three counts to one sentence. Cosby’s attorney had asked for house arrest given his age and legal blindness.

Cops grab 26 in huge Abaco raid

BAHAMIAN and American law enforcement officers teamed up for massive, surprise operation in Abaco yesterday, uncovering drugs and illegal weapons while arresting 26 people.

Help 100 women in need get free mammograms

A local registered nurse needs the public’s help in providing 100 free mammograms to women in need.

Suspects detained after police seize drug hauls

TWO men are in police custody following the seizure of suspected marijuana valued at $15,000 in southwestern New Providence on Saturday.

PHA: Expansion of salaries and benefits 'not sustainable at this time'

THE Public Hospitals Authority has disclosed that the expansion of salaries and benefits of medical personnel is “simply not sustainable at this time”, in the wake of last week’s demonstrations by healthcare unions over such outstanding issues.

13 arrests after $135,000 of suspected cocaine found on Haitian vessel

POLICE arrested 10 men and three women in connection with the seizure of $135,000 worth of suspected cocaine found on a Haitian vessel at the harbour in Great Inagua.

Crown seeking the death penalty over murder of couple

THE Crown is seeking the maximum penalty of death for murder convict Devaughn ‘Short Man’ Hall for the “brutal slaying” of an unarmed couple shot to death at their residence in Grand Bahama in 2015.At Hall’s sentencing hearing in the Supreme Court ye

Kingdom Government Movement eyes 2022 General Election

A NEW political organization called the Kingdom Government Movement has set its sights on the 2022 General Election. Led by Kevin King, a natural medicine doctor, the party’s four areas of focus are: replacing the Westminster system of government, t

Family’s agony over double murders

A relative of slain Deadman’s Reef couple Barry and Sheena Johnson told the Supreme Court her family continues to struggle with the pain of how they were “murdered and left like animals” three years ago.

Teenager arrested over alleged drug possession at school

A teenager allegedly caught with illegal drugs in his possession was arrested at a high school in Abaco on Tuesday.ASP Pinder reported that shortly after 3pm on Tuesday police were called to the S C Bootle High School, where a 17-year-old male studen

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