Grand Bahama police seize cocaine worth $525,000
POLICE in Grand Bahama seized drugs worth over $500,000 in two significant discoveries on Friday and arrested five residents in one of them.
Man dies after being shot outside Pinewood Gardens sports bar
A MAN was fatally wounded after being shot outside a sports bar in Pinewood Gardens early on Saturday and police are hunting for the two suspects responsible.
Woman robbed at gunpoint in Eight Mile Rock
A WOMAN was robbed at gunpoint of cash by two masked men at Lovers Beach in Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, on Thursday, police reported.
Man given $100,000 fine or three years in jail for role in drug smuggling plot
A MAN will serve three years in jail if he fails to pay a $100,000 fine imposed by magistrate on Friday for his role in a recent plot to smuggle $450,000 worth of cocaine into the United States.
'Feet tickling' accused says complainant 'may have liked him'
A MAN who denies invading a woman's home and tickling her feet testified on Friday that the complainant may have identified him because she "might have" liked him.
DEU seizes $500,000 worth of marijuana
POLICE seized more than $500,000 worth of marijuana on Thursday night during a special operation by the Drugs Enforcement Unit.
Breaking into house to tickle woman is no laughing matter
A JUDGE is expected to make a decision today on legal discussions held in the absence of the jury hearing evidence in the case of a man accused of tickling a woman awake during an early morning home invasion.
Sex attacker who abused girl, 8, may have to sign offenders register
A JUDGE ruled yesterday that a man who admitted to sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl on multiple occasions would be added to the proposed sexual offenders register if legislation to create one is enacted by the time he completes his five-year sentence for the crime.
Undeclared $14,000 seized ‘that was to help mother’
A MAGISTRATE yesterday seized over US$14,000 from a woman who attempted to take the money out of the country to help her mother who had suffered a stroke.
Brothers accused of rape at Eight Mile Rock
TWO brothers were charged with rape in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.
52-year-old mother admits that she agreed to take drugs into prison
A MAGISTRATE yesterday said he was “lost for words” in the case of a 52-year-old woman who admitted that she agreed to traffic drugs into the Department of Correctional Services.
Man faces court over discovery of loaded revolver by police
A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday concerning a recent seizure of a loaded revolver by police.
Man held over drugs find
A MAN was arrested on Tuesday for drug possession, police said.
Armed robbery suspect shot in leg by police
A MAN wanted by police for a series of armed robberies was shot in the leg during an “altercation” with officers yesterday morning.
Three men extradited to U.S. in drugs case
THE last three of 11 men involved in a decade-long drug trafficking case were yesterday extradited to the United States to face charges.
