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July 11, 2017
Two arrested after drugs and firearms found

TWO men were arrested in Freeport after Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) officers discovered drugs, firearms and ammunition at a residence on July 5. Inspector Terecita Pinder reported that DEU officers executed a search warrant on a home at Weddell Aven

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July 06, 2017
Prison officer charged over drug possession

A CORRECTIONAL officer was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned in Magistrate's Court on drug-related charges.Brandario Miller, 25, of Pastel Gardens appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes facing two counts of possession

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July 06, 2017
Another prison officer charged with drug possession

A corrections officer yesterday denied two separate charges of drug possession with intent to supply.
Brendario Miller, 25, of Pastel Gardens, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes following his July 3 arrest.
Police arrested Miller after marijuana was allegedly found on him when he reported for duty at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
Police also allegedly found mo...

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July 06, 2017
Marine pleads guilty to gun and drug charges

A marine yesterday pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges.
Marine Seaman Lloyd Johnson Jr., 24, of Boatswain Hill, also appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes on an armed robbery charge.
As armed robbery is triable only in the Supreme Court, Johnson was not required to enter a plea to claims that he robbed Shenique Gray of a 2012 Honda Accord and her purse that contained other perso...

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July 05, 2017
Prison officer held after drugs find

DRUG Enforcement Unit officers took a 25-year-old correctional officer from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services into custody following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs allegedly found in his possession on Monday. According t

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June 30, 2017
Prison officer pleads guilty to drug possession

A prison officer has lost his job and his freedom after he was caught with drugs intended for an inmate.
Logan Smith, 45, of Hampton Street, was today jailed for a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession with intent to supply.
If he fails to pay a $1,000 before his term expires, he will spend another six months on custody
Smith was busted with six ounces of marijuana ...

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March 28, 2014
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.

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March 31, 2014
Firearm, drugs discovered

A FIREARM and more than $18,000 worth of illegal drugs were discovered in the South Bahamia area on Friday, police reported...

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June 26, 2017
US woman among three held after drug find

POLICE arrested three people on Saturday--including an American woman--in two separate instances for drug possession. A man and a woman were taken into custody following the seizure of a large amount of marijuana. Around 1am Saturday, officers assign

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June 24, 2017
Man and woman held after large drug seizure

A man and woman were taken into custody after a large amount of drugs was seized early on Saturday...

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April 06, 2014
Two in custody over drug possession

Two men are in police custody after they were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs.

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April 07, 2014
Two in custody over drug possession

Two men are in police custody after they were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs.

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May 30, 2017
Man pleads guilty at drug arraignment

A 33-year-old man who admitted trying to smuggle cocaine into Fort Lauderdale, Florida, through Lynden Pindling International Airport was yesterday jailed for four years.
Sergio Demeritte, of Carmichael Road, was traveling with his girlfriend, Shekira Munroe, 40, and her sister, Shermaine Munroe, 37, both of Sixth Street, The Grove, on May 26 when police found the drugs hidden in four pairs of sne...

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May 29, 2017
Drugs seized in Eleuthera

POLICE in Eleuthera took two men into custody following the seizure of a number of marijuana plants on Saturday.

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May 27, 2017
Three Bahamians arrested for drug possession at airport

Three Bahamians were taken into custody after they were found in possession of a quantity of dangerous drugs at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) on Friday.

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May 26, 2017
Drug mule sentenced for cocaine in wig

A Guyanese woman who smuggled cocaine from Suriname to The Bahamas in her wig said she committed the crime to take care of her four-year-old daughter.
Linda Reynolds gave Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes that explanation when she pleaded guilty to charges of drug possession with intent to supply and drug importation yesterday.
Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit stationed at Lynden Pindli...

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May 24, 2017
Woman wanted in drugs probe

GRAND Bahama police want to speak to a Freeport woman in connection with an investigation into possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

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May 23, 2017
Man jailed for Andros drug bust

A 45-year-old fisherman was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison for the seizure of $1.6 million in marijuana last week.
Dominic Levarity, of Armbrister Street, Fox Hill, was arrested last Thursday after officers conducting a stake out in Mars Bay, Andros, allegedly saw him and another man loading 1,602 pounds of drugs onto the back of a truck from bushes.
He pleaded guilty to charges of co...

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May 19, 2017
Police search for prison officer over drugs discovery

POLICE are searching for a 26-year-old prison officer after an undisclosed quantity of drugs was found at the Bahamas Department of Corrections earlier this month.

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May 19, 2017
Father of ten jailed in 1.4m drugs case

A JAMAICAN father of 10 children was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after he admitted to trafficking more than $1.4m worth of drugs into the country...

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May 19, 2017
1.6m drugs seized and two arrested in South Andros

POLICE in South Andros seized drugs with an estimated street value of $1.6 million early on Thursday morning and arrested two Bahamians. The marijuana - which weighed 1,602 pounds - and the male suspects were later flown to New Providence...

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May 16, 2017
Jamaican sentenced in drug seizure

A Jamaican man, who claimed he was in a dispute with gang members in his country, was yesterday jailed for four years after pleading guilty to charges of marijuana importation and drug possession with intent to supply.
Fabian Bacchas, 44, of Montego Bay, told Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes that he needed money, after he allegedly ran into a 2015 BMW owned by a gang member with his uninsured...

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May 16, 2017
Son fined for drugs found in mother's house

A 50-year-old woman who spent Mother's Day in prison was yesterday acquitted of drug possession with intent to supply charges after the prosecution withdrew the charge against her.
But Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes warned Valerie Johnson-Brown that had the case proceeded against her, she could have been convicted of the charge.
Police arrested Johnson-Brown, and her daughters Vanessa Brown...

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May 12, 2017
Murdered man was drug dealer, court hears

A drug dealer shot a man before a second gunman took his life, a Supreme Court jury heard.
Torry Ellis was testifying yesterday in the murder trial of Edward Johnson, who is accused of the February 25, 2014, murder of Troy Bodie.
Johnson, who is in custody, has denied the murder charge at his trial before Senior Justice Vera Watkins.
Ellis said that he was walking with Bodie through the short cut ...

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May 12, 2017
Family remanded over drug find

A 50-year-old mother broke down in tears yesterday when she realized that she would have to spend Mother's Day in prison.
Velerie Johnson-Brown, her son Christopher Brown, 33, Vanessa Brown, Marguerite Brown and Kendera Moss, 25, were all arrested on a charge of drug possession with intent to supply on May 10, following the seizure of 26 pounds of marijuana.
Although Mr. Brown admitted the offense...

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May 02, 2017
Woman on drug charge is granted bail

A WOMAN recently charged in connection with a major drug seizure was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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May 01, 2017
Two held for drug possession

TWO men were arrested for drug possession in separate incidents on Saturday.

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April 29, 2017
Drug mule sentenced to 14 months

A drug mule who got caught smuggling more than three pounds of marijuana was yesterday sentenced to 14 months in prison.
Stacey Anne Barrow, 37, who claimed she has been jobless for over two years, said that desperation drove her to agree to swallow 82 capsules of drugs for just $700, as she was the sole breadwinner for her four young children.
Barrow was arrested with her one-year-old daughter at...

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