Pilots convicted of drug trafficking

Two Bahamian pilots were convicted yesterday in connection with a plot to smuggle drugs from Montreal, Canada to The Bahamas.

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Assemble

Saturday 15th December 2012  5:00 PM

Assemble

Saturday, Dec 15, 2012
5 ? 8pm
The Liquid Courage Gallery
19 Patton Street, Palmdale

Nine international artists working across media were asked to create work for a show in The Bahamas. The original brief asked for drawings that would fit into a suitcase, but many of their responses quickly grew beyond this limitation. With the migration of their work in mind, each artist made an...

Pilots deny being DEA informants

Two pilots yesterday denied that they worked as informants for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), although they admitted they communicated with an officer from the law enforcement agency.
Darry Bartlett Jr. and Murrillo Sullivan took the witness stand and denied they knew that marijuana, hashish and ecstasy were on a Hawker Jet that they piloted from Montreal, Canada, on April 7, 2014.
Whe...

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FATCA may have unintended consequences

The Bahamas has signed a Model 1B intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the U.S. about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and continues to make itself ready for a new global tax transparency regime, but at least one observer has suggested that the FATCA regime may have what he called "unintended consequences for financial systems."
FATCA was enacted in 2010 to target non-compliance b...

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Appeals court refuses to alter bail terms in drug case

The Court of Appeal yesterday refused to order the return of an accused drug smuggler's pilot license so he could support his family.
Darryl Bartlett Jr. had to surrender his pilot's license, passport and be fitted with an ankle bracelet as a condition of his $150,000 bail pending his trial on charges of drug importation, drug possession with intent to supply and conspiracy to commit the offenses ...

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Magistrate to decide whether Bartlett drug case will continue

A magistrate on Monday fixed January 6 as the date to rule on a no-case submission on behalf of two pilots accused of drug trafficking.
The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Darryl Bartlett Jr., the son of the assistant director of legal affairs in the Office of the Attorney General, and Murillo Sullivan.
They are on trial before Magistrate Andrew Forbes charged with drug possession wi...

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Lead by example

In a society where children are rebelling and rising up against their elders, it may seem that now, more than ever, is the right time for the church to preach sermons encouraging children to obey their parents as mandated in the Bible. However some ministers say it is just as timely to remind parents of a corresponding scripture as they expect obedience and perfection from their children: "And, ye...

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Officer testifies in pilots' drug case

Two pilots accused of drug trafficking were alerted that police were waiting for them in Treasure Cay, Abaco, a magistrate heard yesterday.
Darryl Bartlett Jr., the son of the assistant director of legal affairs in the Office of the Attorney General, and Murillo Sullivan, are on trial before Magistrate Andrew Forbes.
They are charged with drug possession with intent to supply, conspiracy to posses...

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VAT is added to BEC bills

THE government tabled the anticipated value added tax (VAT) bill in the House of Assembly yesterday while releasing a list of proposed changes to tariff and excise duty rates and disclosing a "pared down" list of VAT exempt services that does not include electricity...

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Pilots accused of drug trafficking to challenge refusal of bail

Two pilots accused of drug trafficking yesterday received permission to appeal against the refusal of bail outside of the required time limits.
Darryl Bartlett Jr., the son of Albertha Bartlett, deputy director of legal affairs, and charter pilot Murillo Sullivan will return to the Court of Appeal on June 13 for the substantive appeal.
Senior Justice Jon Isaacs refused the pair's bail on the groun...

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