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Pair accused over $2m cocaine seizure

TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a major drug seizure of some $2m worth of suspected cocaine near the island of Bimini over the weekend.Valdez Edgecombe, 38, of South Bimini, and 31-year-old Michael Roberts

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Man shot dead, woman injured on Madeira Street.

A MAN has been killed and a woman is thought to be injured in a shooting tonight.

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Cutlass killer suspect captured

A 54-year-old Long Island woman was hacked to death with a cutlass early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute that also left her elderly mother in the Intensive Care Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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Spate of armed robberies

POLICE are looking for the suspects behind five separate armed robberies that occurred over the weekend. In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, two employees were at a business at the Airport Industrial Park when two men, one with a handgu

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Police hunt for suspect after late-night murder

POLICE are still searching for the person responsible for a shooting incident that left one man dead late Friday night. The murder took place shortly after 11pm and was one of two killings that took place over the weekend, the other one was in Long

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Female dies in Long Island cutlass attack, man shot dead on Blue Hill Road

Two people are dead after a shooting on Blue Hill Road on Friday night and a cutlass attack on Long Island early on Saturday.

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UPDATED: Two held after cocaine seizure in Bimini

Two Bahamian men were arrested Friday in connection with a major drug bust that has resulted in the seizure of some $2 million worth of suspected cocaine on the island of Bimini.

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Former Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett back in court for status hearing

FORMER Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett was back in the Magistrate’s court on Friday for a status hearing after he faced several criminal charges in July.

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Drivers and public urged to be safe for start of new term

POLICE issued several critical warnings yesterday to parents and the motoring public before the start of the 2017-2018 academic year, with senior command of the Royal Bahamas Police Force pleading for an “incident free” period.

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Five accused over massive $3m marijuana hail seizure

FIVE men, ranging in age from 23 to 42, were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court on various drug related charges in connection with the recent seizure of just over $3m worth of marijuana in waters off Exuma.

Two held after drug finds

TWO men were arrested and accused of drug possession in separate incidents on Wednesday by Mobile Division officers.

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Robbery suspects hunted

POLICE are searching for several suspects who committed two recent armed robberies.

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Dorsett faces new hearing

FORMER Cabinet minister Kenred Dorsett is due to reappear in Magistrate’s Court today in connection with allegations that he used his former ministerial position to extort and solicit $120,000 in bribes from Jonathan Ash.

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Judges order Birbal retrial

TEACHER Andre Birbal has won his appeal against his conviction and sentence for sex offences against a boy at his Grand Bahama school.

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Injured suspect went to hospital

A POLICE officer testified yesterday how one of two men accused of the 2014 murder of Blair resident Andre Cartwright presented himself to the accident and emergency room suffering from an injury shortly after the incident in question.