Eight charged in connection with $1m suspected marijuana discovery
EIGHT men were arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of plotting to import and possess more than $1 million worth of marijuana with the intent to supply.
Police say murder details ‘indicate domestic dispute with Bahamian’
POLICE have no information to suggest that a member or members of the Chinese community were involved in the country’s 88th homicide for the year, The Tribune was told yesterday.
McCartney murder: Police offer reward
POLICE are following a number of “good leads” into the murder of the brother of DNA leader Branville McCartney, but feel a key witness is still holding out.
Two in hospital after shootings
TWO men are in the hospital after being shot in separate incidents on Saturday.
Bahamians face possible death sentence over boat tragedy
TWO Bahamians face possible death sentences after being charged in connection with a boat that capsized off Miami, killing four women.
$2 MILLION DRUG BUST
POLICE yesterday seized 2,000 lbs of marijuana, estimated at $2 million, in Eleuthera and nearby Current Island.
Death or life imprisonment sentence in five days' time
DEATH or life imprisonment for three men convicted of a policeman’s murder will be decided by Justice Roy Jones in five days time.
Bran's brother shot dead
KURT McCartney, brother of DNA leader Branville McCartney has been shot dead.
Three men catch 'would-be robber' hand him to police
THREE young men who captured a would-be robber on Churchill Street on Wednesday evening said they had “enough” of their community being terrorised by criminals.
Man shot in head was awaiting murder retrial
A 20-year-old man, awaiting retrial for murder, was the country’s 88th murder victim of the year.
Another delay in murder sentencing
NO SENTENCE was handed down yesterday in the case of three men convicted of a policeman’s murder as questioning the contents of their probation and psychiatric reports lasted the entire court day.
Suspect granted bail in rape case
A 49-year-old man accused of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl was granted bail in the Supreme Court yesterday with a warning that he was not to contact the teenager or interfere in any way with her or the witnesses. His trial was tentatively set for December 10.
Accused deny car thefts
FOUR suspects pleaded not guilty when they appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of being involved in a series of car thefts where Honda modelled cars were targeted.
