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Armed trio hunted after safe snatch

POLICE are on the hunt for three men who tied up, assaulted and robbed two security guards at a local high school and a neighbouring business early yesterday morning before making off with a safe “with plenty money” and two stolen vehicles.

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Pineapple 'scam': Police called in

THE Securities Commission of The Bahamas yesterday referred its findings on the Pineapple Express Asue Holders difficulties to police, officially classifying the self-proclaimed “asue” business as an alleged Ponzi or pyramid scheme.

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BEYOND TEARS: Baby dies in shooting, parents gunned down in 'revenge' raid

AN eight-month-old baby is dead after he was shot in his home early Monday morning in what police believe was an act of retaliation toward the toddler's father.

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Shooting victim in hospital

POLICE are looking for two men responsible for a shooting that left a man in hospital on Sunday.

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Two accused over armed robbery

TWO men in their early twenties were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday on several charges ranging from armed robbery to possession of an unlicensed firearm. Braymond Jones, 21, of Big Pond, and Patrick Carey, 23, of Emerald Coast Subdivisi

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Murder plot trial starts at Supreme Court today

THE Supreme Court trial of three men allegedly involved in a murder plot that was executed in June of last year will start today before Senior Justice Stephen Isaacs. The matter involving Daran Neely, Jahamaro Edgecombe and Sean Brown was adjourned

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Human trafficking case delay

THE trial of a Jamaican woman facing allegations of human trafficking was yesterday adjourned for a little over a month after the chief magistrate requested an adjournment due to unforeseen personal circumstances. Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pr

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Suspect faces court over Valentine's Day stabbing

A 30-year-old man was charged with the murder of an Eight Mile Rock woman who was found stabbed to death on Valentine’s Day.Dwayne Belizaire, of Seagrape, Eight Mile Rock, was arraigned in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Magis

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VIDEO: Police investigate armed robbery at Rubis gas station

POLICE are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding an apparent armed robbery at the Rubis gas station on West Bay Street on Sunday, one of three armed robberies reported in western New Providence over a 24-hour period.

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UPDATED: Man turns himself in, helping police with inquiries in connection with infant shooting

Police have launched an island-wide search for a man after a shooting that left an infant dead and a man and woman injured.

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Marijuana mountain

JUST over $3m worth of marijuana was seized by the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Marine Support Unit in waters off Exuma in a joint operation with the RBPF’s Drug Enforcement Unit, and the United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Manhunt after new street slaying

POLICE have launched an island-wide manhunt for the suspect responsible for the shooting death of a man that occurred in the Bain Town area over the weekend.

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Hunt after five armed robberies

POLICE are searching for the suspects responsible for five separate armed robberies that occurred Thursday night.

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Murder case suspect found in Haiti

A MAN who police wanted to question in connection with a murder that took place at a bar on Quintine Alley and Wulff Road earlier this year was found by Haitian authorities in that country after he skipped town, senior police officials confirmed yest

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Man cries in court after being given two year sentence

A 23-year-old man broke down and cried in a Magistrate's Court just moments before being sentenced to two years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services in connection with nearly a dozen charges ranging from threats of death to assaulting a police officer.