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Bailed Kemp Road man found shot dead in the street

THE country recorded another homicide on Wednesday night - the seventh of the new year according to The Tribune's records - after the lifeless body of a man was discovered near the intersection of Kingston and Denver streets, off southern Kemp Road, with multiple gunshot wounds.

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22-year-old man gunned down yards from a church

POLICE are investigating two more homicides, a shooting death of a 22-year-old man that occurred near a church late on Monday night and the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who died in hospital on Tuesday after being shot along with three others on New Year’s Eve.

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Two arrested after illegal immigrants discovered

TWO Bahamians were arrested after 10 illegal Haitian immigrants were discovered at a residence in the Freeport area on Friday night.

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Man beaten to death with a hammer

A MAN was brutally beaten to death with a hammer late Friday night, marking the third homicide in the capital in three days.

Shooting victim in serious condition in hospital

GRAND Bahama police are questioning a man in connection with a shooting incident that has left a man in hospital in serious condition over the weekend.

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Man fined $1,000 for possession of dangerous drugs

A MAN was fined $1,000 on Monday after he pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

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Man found dead with "blunt injury" after altercation off Carmichael Road

A MAN is in custody assisting police with investigations after a man's lifeless body was found "with a blunt injury" near Golden Isles Road on Friday night.

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UPDATED: Police investigate Palm Breeze Street shooting

POLICE are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 21-year-old man on Thursday night off Rocky Pine Road.

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Man fined $1,000 for drug possession

A MAN was fined $1,000 on Friday after he pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.

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Drugs and firearm seized

POLICE on patrol took a quantity of dangerous drugs and a firearm off the streets of New Providence in separate incidents.

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Second suspect accused over $4m cocaine haul

A SECOND man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a $4m cocaine seizure that occurred six weeks ago in eastern Grand Bahama.

Pair denied bail over firearms offences

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after they were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on firearms-related offences.

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UPDATED: Teenager killed in Foxdale drive-by shooting

A TEENAGER died and another man was wounded after a drive-by shooting in Foxdale subdivision near Sandilands Primary School on Wednesday night.

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First-time offender told if he can’t handle jail he shouldn’t break the law

A TEEN’S arraignment and admission of guilt concerning firearm related offences yesterday allowed a court official the opportunity to denounce ongoing gun violence and crime in the country.

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Psychiatric evaluation of man accused of killing mother not carried out

AN ORDERED psychiatric evaluation of a man awaiting trial in connection with the fatal stabbing of his mother was not carried out, a magistrate learned yesterday.