Drugs worth $2m seized by police
FREEPORT – Some $2 million worth of illegal drugs were seized by police during a drug bust in the Holmes Rock area late Wednesday evening.
Greenslade: No crime crisis in Grand Bahama
FREEPORT – Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said statistics show that crime in Grand Bahama went down in 2013, and there is no crisis on the island.
Judges provide reasoning behind Nygard case decision
THE proof a judge used to find Billionaire fashion designer Peter Nygard guilty of contempt did not satisfy the standard of clear evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, it was decided yesterday.
VIDEO: Police Staff Association chairman at court
Police Staff Association chairman Dwight Smith pleaded not guilty.
Man jailed for three years for housebreaking and drugs
FREEPORT – A 28-year-old Freeport man convicted of housebreaking, stealing, and drug possession was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill.
Commissioner would back return of death penalty
POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday he does not support a national curfew, but would back a return of the death penalty if the public supports it.
7% increase in murders but violent crime reported to be down in 2013
DESPITE a seven per cent increase in murder from 2012 compared to 2013, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday serious crimes in the Bahamas have decreased by four per cent during the same time period.
Privy Council quashes 25-year sentence in manslaughter case
A MAN is expected to be resentenced for manslaughter in a month’s time having won his appeal to the Privy Council to squash a 25-year-old year prison sentence for the throat-slashing killing of a 19-year-old woman.
OPBAT operations bring in huge hall of drugs
POLICE yesterday reported that during 2013, they took part in 11 successful OPBAT operations resulting in 680 pounds of cocaine and 13,009 pounds of marijuana being seized for the year.
Baseball facility to open at Fox Hill prison
OFFICIALS at Her Majesty’s Prisons will break new ground this weekend with the unveiling of a baseball facility that has been constructed on the Fox Hill compound.
Sentence for pilot in drugs case upheld
THE Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s conviction and three year sentence for a pilot found guilty of cocaine possession with intent to supply.
Rise in vehicle break-ins
POLICE officials have noticed an rise in reports of vehicle break-ins since the new year, Police Superintendent Stephen Dean said yesterday.
Cuban abuse trial still waits for answer over attendance by alleged victims
OFFICIALS in the Cuban detainee abuse trial are still awaiting a response from the Cuban government to their request to have two Cuban men attend the hearings in Nassau.
Police find drugs worth $25,000
FREEPORT – Abaco police discovered a quantity of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of $25,000.
Two charged over $3m drugs find
TWO men were arraigned yesterday in the Magistrates Court complex in connection with the more than $3 million cocaine and marijuana find over the weekend.
