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Suspect is accused of possession of pistol

A COURT was told a police officer discovered a loaded gun under an abandoned vehicle behind which a suspect was hiding in an attempt to evade arrest.

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Man admits having gun and drugs

A 21-year-old man who was caught with a quantity of ammunition and drugs must pay $3,200 to avoid spending nine months behind bars.

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Tourist arrested over marijuana

AN American man’s first visit to The Bahamas ended on a low note after he was arrested for attempting to travel back to his home country with $170 worth of marijuana.

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Gunman kills victim outside house

POLICE are investigating the latest murder which took place on Quakoo Street last night.

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Woman ‘threatened with shotgun’ tells court she wants to drop case

A MAN accused of frightening his former girlfriend and their young child with a shotgun was discharged after the woman told a magistrate she no longer wanted to go through with the case after consulting God.

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Woman ‘threatened with shotgun’ tells court she wants to drop case

A MAN accused of frightening his former girlfriend and their young child with a shotgun was discharged after the woman told a magistrate she no longer wanted to go through with the case after consulting God.

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Shooting victim dies in hospital

A SHOOTING victim died in hospital on Thursday night, police said.

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Man ‘stabbed waiter in the head’ at bar

A WAITER was left bleeding after a man struck him in the head with a pocket knife at his place of employment, a court was told.

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Repeat offender admits taking off ankle bracelet

A REPEAT offender who removed his ankle bracelet was once again sentenced to time on remand yesterday after admitting he broke into a man’s home to steal last week.

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Bail granted in $10,000 theft trial for cashier

A CASHIER who denied stealing more than $10,000 from her place of employment was yesterday granted bail ahead of her trial.

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Suspect charged with murder

A 32-year-old man was in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with murder.

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Man accused of sex with underage girls

A 41-year-old man was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with unlawful sexual intercourse with two 15-year-old girls.

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Bimini residents are ‘not fearful’ after daytime shooting on island

BIMINI Chief Councillor Robbie Smith says residents there are not fearful in the aftermath of a daytime shooting last week. He said the incident was “isolated”.

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Teen stabbed to death

GRAND Bahama police are investigating a homicide that occurred early on Sunday morning when an 18-year-old youth was stabbed at a business establishment in Eight Mile Rock.

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Search for killer after man shot

POLICE are investigating the country’s latest murder, which took place on Sunday night.