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Four held in '$2.3m marijuana' drug bust

Four men are in custody after suspected marijuana with a street value of $2.3m was seized in Grand Bahama.

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Masked men rob employee

FREEPORT – Two masked men robbed an employee at a business establishment at gunpoint and made off with an undetermined amount of cash.

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Couple face manslaughter charge over child's death

A COUPLE were arraigned in the magistrates’ court yesterday facing a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of their child.

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Legal action threatened over any comments about cleared widow

LEGAL action has been promised against anyone who makes libellous comments about Renee Knowles-Sherman concerning the outcome of the Stephen Sherman murder trial, her brother told The Tribune yesterday.

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Man charged with murder

A MAN was arraigned in the magistrates’ court yesterday in connection with the country’s 83rd homicide this year.

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Mother denies teacher assault

THE mother of a special needs child pleaded not guilty to assaulting his teacher when arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

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Human trafficking suspect denied bail

A MAGISTRATE’S decision to deny bail to a Jamaican woman accused of being a human trafficker, left the accused in tears at the end of the arraignment and begging her Bahamian husband not to leave her.

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Pair face charges over $400,000 marijuana find

TWO Biminites were arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with last weekend’s $411,000 marijuana seizure, while a warrant of arrest was issued for their alleged accomplice who escaped police custody.

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Pilot denies trying to smuggle cocaine

A PILOT denied trying to smuggle $250,000 worth of cocaine into Grand Bahama when arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday.

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Pilot held over cocaine

A PILOT is in police custody after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Grand Bahama, Saturday morning.

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Two dead in weekend killings

POLICE are on the hunt for two men in connection with the country’s latest homicides.

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$500,000 of marijuana seized

DRUG Enforcement Unit officers confiscated more than $500,000 worth of marijuana in two separate incidents over the weekend.

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Teenager accused of escaping police seeks bail

A TEENAGE girl who pleaded not guilty to escaping police custody after allegedly trying to rob a clothing store with a shotgun appeared in Supreme Court yesterday seeking bail.

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Man killed by stab wound to the head

A 25-year-old man became the country’s latest murder victim when in the heat of an argument he was stabbed in the head Wednesday evening.

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Jury directed to find wife not guilty

MOMENTS before the man accused of Stephen Sherman’s “execution” testified that he did not kill the banker, his alleged accomplices walked free of the charges they faced concerning the incident on the judge’s direction to the jury.