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Two held over $800,000 drug bust

POLICE in Andros arrested two additional men in connection with Tuesday’s $800,000 drugs bust in New Providence.

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Another suspect arrested over Fox Hill shootings

POLICE arrested another suspect Tuesday night in connection with the fatal Freedom Park, Fox Hill, drive-by shootings that claimed four lives and injured seven others.

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Court awaits Privy Council ruling on wire taps

TWO men appealing conviction and sentence their involvement in a $6 million drug smuggling operation intended to argue the constitutionality of wire tapped evidence in the Court of Appeal yesterday.

Pilot hands himself in

BAHAMIAN pilot Owen George Johnson, who is wanted for questioning in connection with an illegal landing incident at Sandy Point, Abaco, turned himself in to police yesterday.

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45 years in jail for killing ex-girlfriend

A MAN, convicted of murdering the mother of his child at their workplace, was sentenced to 45 years in prison yesterday.

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Pair guilty of shooting senior police officer

TWO men are now awaiting sentencing after a jury unanimously convicted them of the shooting and attempted armed robbery of a senior police officer.

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Five charged illegal landing

FIVE immigrants who were arrested at the Sandy Point airport were charged with illegal landing in the Magistrate’s Court in Abaco on Tuesday.

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Pair guilty of attempted armed robbery and attempted murder of Supt Fernander

Excel Josey and Maurice Armbrister have been found guilty Wednesday of the attempted armed robbery and attempted murder of Supt Clayton Fernander.

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Man dies of wounds after double shooting

AUTHORITIES called on civic leaders yesterday to intervene in inner city communities in an effort to curb crimes of retaliation following a double shooting yesterday morning that left one man dead.

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Police hunt for bus shooters

POLICE are on the hunt for two men who robbed and killed a man while on a public bus yesterday evening.

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Man charged with robbery of COB assistant professor

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with the shooting and robbery of a COB assistant professor and her son inside their home.

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Man appealing manslaughter conviction left without attorney

WITH calls for greater transparency during the handling of confiscated fisheries goods, Marine Resources Minister V Alfred Gray says a decision will be made this week on what is to be done with a Dominican vessel now in government custody.

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Drugs worth $800,000 seized

POLICE have taken into custody three men and more than $800,000 worth of marijuana after an early morning operation in the Sea Breeze area.

Retired police to sue for more than $100m

HUNDREDS of retired police officers are taking legal action against the government and the head of the Royal Bahamas Police Force concerning more than $100m in gratuities owed to them.

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Third man charged over Fox Hill shooting

A THIRD man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the fatal Freedom Park, Fox Hill, drive-by shooting that claimed four lives and injured seven others.