Former Urban Renewal official among arrests in Freeport
PLP chairman hits out at 'politically driven persecution'
AUTHORITIES have rearrested a former Urban Renewal official among others as part of an ongoing investigation by the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Anti-Corruption Unit, The Tribune understands.
Two men in hospital following shooting
TWO men were taken to hospital following a shooting incident on Sunday in the Eight Mile Rock area.
Man charged with trying to procure girl, 12, for unlawful sex
A 26-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with one count of procuring a minor for the purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse.
Three men face charges over three separate murders
THREE men were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged in connection with three of the country’s latest homicides.
Exuma man detained after admitting possession of dangerous drugs
A 52-year-old man was yesterday arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the seizure of $97,000 worth of drugs last Friday.
'5' or 'S': Firearm conviction overturned on technicality
A MAN’S conviction for having an illegal firearm has been overturned because of the appellate court’s uncertainty over whether the serial number of the firearm police said they found him with contained the number “5” or a capital “S”.
Police in Andros destroy 90,000 marijuana plants
POLICE destroyed more than 90,000 marijuana plants found in eight fields in Andros in two separate incidents last week.
UPDATED: Four people murdered in 48 hours
Four men were killed in separate incidents over the weekend with two of the killings taking place roughly an hour apart and just streets apart.
One dead, one injured after shooting off Cowpen Road
One man was killed and another was injured after a shooting off Cowpen Road in the early hours of Saturday.
Man in critical condition after shooting
A MAN is in critical condition in hospital after he was shot outside his home on Thursday afternoon.
Canadian man jailed for three years for smuggling heroin
A 54-year-old Canadian man was sentenced to prison on Friday for smuggling almost $10,000 worth of heroin into the Bahamas from London late last year in the hope of getting more than $3m in exchange.
Man tells court he posted Facebook video 'to tell the world the truth'
A man testified on Friday that he used Facebook as a last resort to counteract the allegations made in a statement he said he was forced to give to police that implicated his cousin and two other men of executing a murder plot.
Court of Appeal orders murder retrial
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of Javaro Davis who allegedly killed Rimardo Rolle, 27, at a nightclub in 2014.
Three women deny charges of fraud against church
THREE women were remanded to prison yesterday after denying allegations that they defrauded a local bank of thousands of dollars belonging to a Seventh-day Adventist church last year.
