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August 16, 2018
Drugs case delayed by lack of translator

A SENIOR magistrate yesterday had to adjourn the drug case against five foreign nationals involved in the discovery and seizure of 100 pounds of suspected marijuana after her court was unable to secure a Spanish translator for the duration of the hearing...

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August 17, 2018

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August 13, 2018
Bimini man held after drug find

A BIMINI man was arrested on Friday night after he was found in possession of a quantity of suspected marijuana after 10pm. He is expected to be arraigned early this week. In a second incident, shortly before noon on Saturday, officers acting on in...

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August 14, 2018
Drug case delayed by accuseds illness

WITNESS testimony in the $280,000 Dwight Major drug case was yesterday adjourned to September 4 after Major's attorney submitted a sick certificate to the court on his behalf.Major, 50, who is on trial for conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with...

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August 09, 2018
Attorney seeks to leave drug suspects case

THE attorney for Dwight Major yesterday submitted a recusal application in his ongoing $280,000 drug case, seeking to have Magistrate Samuel McKinney recuse himself and transfer the matter to another judge.Ian Cargill, Major's attorney, in his application...

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August 03, 2018
Jamaican on drug charge

A 34-year-old Jamaican national has been charged with a drug seizure at Grand Bahama International Airport earlier this week.Clifton Garth Tomlinson stood before Magistrate Subsola Swain faced with one count each of possession of dangerous drugs with...

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July 27, 2018
Extraordinary drug dog worries Colombian cartel

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- This is the story of a drug dog with a bounty on its head. Sombra, a six-year-old German shepherd, has helped Colombia's police detect more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in suitcases, boats and large shipments of fruit. But as [...]
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July 24, 2018
Man pleads guilty to drug posession

A 21-year-old man yesterday pleaded guilty to three counts of drug possession with the intent to supply.Deno Francis Jr, of Fleming Street, appearing before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain, yesterday admitted to possessing...

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July 20, 2018
Recall of antihypertensive drug Valsartan

PUBLIC health patients who filled prescriptions for antihypertensive drug Valsartan have been asked to return their medication for a replacement following an international recall...

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July 21, 2018
Blood pressure drug recalled

The Ministry of Health has issued a recall of blood pressure medication containing valsartan. The international recall is due to a contamination of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the ministry said in a statement. "Valsartan is a commonly used anti-hypertensive medication, commonly known as blood pressure [...]
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July 23, 2018
New drug for recurring malaria

A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States...

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July 14, 2018
Couple's drug case is delayed

A couple facing drug charges had its trial adjourned for another month on Friday at the request of its lawyer. Patrick Bosfield Jr., 47, and Canadian Veronica Beuachese-Bosfield, 53, both of Devonshire Street, Coral Harbour, were arrested in April after police allegedly found more than 70 [...]
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July 11, 2018
Rastafarians seek religious recognition for drug use

RASTAFARIAN communities in The Bahamas are calling for reparatory justice in the form of state recognition and inclusion as national discourse over marijuana law reform picks up steam...

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July 10, 2018
Nine Filipinos and Peruvians arrested for dangerous drugs

NINE Filipinos and Peruvians were arrested on Grand Bahama for possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply after over $70,000 worth of suspected cocaine was discovered at an apartment in Freeport...

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July 07, 2018
Woman admits drug dealing

A mother admitted having almost a pound of marijuana that she intended to sell. Marissa Ferguson, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of drug possession with intent to supply at her arraignment before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain yesterday. Acting on information, police went to [...]
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July 02, 2018
Firearm and drugs found by police in separate swoops

POLICE recovered a firearm, a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau on Friday.Shortly after 4pm on Friday, Drug Enforcement Unit officers, acting on information, searched a bushy area off Fire Trail Road, where they fo

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June 30, 2018
Firearm, ammunition and drugs recovered by police

OVER the weekend the police recovered a firearm, and a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs from the streets of Nassau.

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June 25, 2018
Medical milestone: US OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health regulators have approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law. The Food and Drug Administration approved the medication from GW Pharmaceuticals on Monday to [...]
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June 21, 2018
Two held over drugs find

TWO people were arrested after police searched a residence and discovered dangerous drugs and ammunition.According to police, shortly after 7.30pm on Tuesday officers of the Rapid Response Unit executed a search warrant at house on Abaco Drive where

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June 14, 2018
Two men face court over 160,000 drugs discovery

TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate's Court yesterday in connection with the seizure of over $160,000 worth of drugs in Exuma over the weekend.Cable Beach residents Daymon Brown, 44, and 33-year-old Tony Burrows, stood before Deputy Chief Magistra

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May 11, 2018
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.

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May 05, 2018
Suspects in Cat Island drug bust appear in court

Two men accused of smuggling a kilo of cocaine from New Providence to Cat Island were yesterday refused bail. Eugene Seymour, 34, of New Bight, Cat Island, and Darren Burrows, 38, appeared before Acting Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain on charges of drug possession with [...]
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May 05, 2018
Alleged drug trafficker extradited to the US

AUSTIN Knowles, a Bahamian man wanted in the United States to answer charges of drug trafficking, was extradited Friday afternoon, The Tribune was told.

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April 19, 2018
39Miss Florida39 denies drug den role

A SENIOR police officer yesterday testified how the boyfriend of internet sensation Handerea "Miss Florida" Rolle tried to flush a quantity of marijuana down a toilet the day police raided a home they were in two months ago.

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April 19, 2018
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez Banned fro Six Months After Failing Two Drug Tests

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has been banned for six months after failing two drugs tests earlier this year.

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April 13, 2018
Guyanese man is arrested at airport for drug smuggling

A GUYANESE man was arrested by officials at the Lynden Pindling International Airport Wednesday for drug smuggling.According to police, the 29-year-old resident of Suriname arrived in the country from Jamaica shortly after 4pm when he was taken into

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April 11, 2018
Police find drugs, weapons cell phones during massive prison sweep

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April 06, 2018
Man and woman charged in connection with 80,000 drug seizure

A MAN and a woman were charged in a Magistrate's Court on Friday in connection with the seizure of almost $80,000 worth of marijuana from a home in western New Providence earlier this week.

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