TWENTY-seven people were arrested early yesterday morning for alleged gang related crimes.
The 23 men and four women, according to police, were taken into custody from throughout New Providence as part of operation ceasefire.
“Officers attached to operation ceasefire arrested the suspects during an early morning operation on Wednesday July 13, 2022,” a statement released yesterday read.
“The suspects were arrested throughout New Providence for allegedly being a part of an organised criminal gang and various gang-related matters.
“Police wish to advise those involved in criminal activity that the police will have zero tolerance for those who seek to cause injury to any citizen and who violate the laws of The Bahamas. Active police investigations continue.”
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killemwitdakno 1 year, 9 months ago
Let's go El Salvador. 27 is only tipping em off though..
State of Emergency come Sept. Find enough space.
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tribanon 1 year, 9 months ago
And in other news, 27 people incarcerated at Fox Hill Prison for violent crimes were released today to make room for the 27 gang mambers arrested yesterday.
Sickened 1 year, 9 months ago
Exactly. They need to tag these gang members and share the location tracker to all Bahamians.
realfreethinker 1 year, 9 months ago
The key here is how many of them will be charged for being in gangs. Anyone can be arrested to make the police look like they are doing their job.
JanetG 1 year, 9 months ago
Wth
John 1 year, 9 months ago
The Tribune treated this story like it was running out of space. Or that it got the information when the newspaper was already being printed. But O not to forget not long ago under the former minister of national security when he claimed some 30 plus persons were arrested when Blackhawk helicopters swooped down on sleeping townships in the middle of the night and were scheduled to make court appearances to face major crime charges. In the end, less than a handful of persons were actually taken before the courts to face such charges and most of the persons who had been ‘kidnapped and abducted’ by police were charged for being vocal about being disturbed in the heat of the night and others who had recorded the event on their cellphones. . .
And with less than persons being charged with less than 25 percent of the 75 plus murders committed this year, it is not conclude or difficult to maintain that murders in this country, may be committed by persons other than Bahamians . . And that is in no way to detract or undermine the hard work being done by most of the police officers on the force. But if the criminals they are searching for are, in fact ‘ghosts’, then they will either continue to come me up empty handed and/or innocent persons will be charged with crime
bahamianson 1 year, 9 months ago
27 people were arrested? Man stop, that is the same person arrested 27 times.let me guess, he was arrested, then put on bail, then arrested again. Sounds about normal.
John 1 year, 9 months ago
What the police force needs to do is learn ( for lack of a better word) to separate domestic or local crime from staged and/or international crime. Yes, the country has its share of gangs and violent criminals and troublesome youth even. But even they have their restrictions and limitations. And when there are over seventy four murders and the majority of them remain unsolved, then you must start looking above the fray. Who else would want young, Bahamian men dead? Who else would want The Bahamas to be labeled as murder ridden, violent and crime infested? Go on social media, for example, and question why someone in their 50’s living all the way across the other side of the world has intricate details about the crime situation here and even more specifics about certain crimes than the police. Houston we have a problem.
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