Crime & Court

12 indians captured by police

TWELVE Indian men are in police custody today after being discovered in Inagua on Wednesday.

Man dead in night of terror

A "NIGHT of terror" left the childhood friend of a DNA candidate dead and a police inspector in hospital after a shooting. The police inspector is the brother of Assistant Superintendent

Two arrested over murder

FREEPORT - Two men are in police custody in connection with a recent armed robbery and murder on Grand Bahama. Police are still searching for a third ma

Men charged over marijuana worth $500,000 due back in court today

NINE men charged on Tuesday in connection with the confiscation of nearly $500,000 worth of marijuana in Inagua will ret

Murderer must wait for appeal

A CONVICTED murderer learned yesterday he must wait three weeks before his appeal can be heard. Damian Stuart, 28, will return to the Court of Appeal on Ma

Pastors call on drug dealers to stop their war against society

FOLLOWING the National Security Minister's acknowledgment that the country's high murder rate stems primarily from drugs, New Covenant Baptist Church pastors are appealing to dealers to stop their "ongoing war" against society.

Murder inquiry after woman's body found

POLICE have launched a murder inquiry after the body of a woman was found under a truck.

Shooting takes murder count to 34

THE murder count for 2012 now stands at 34 after a man was gunned down in New Providence.

Nine charged over seizure of marijuana worth $500,000

POLICE brought nine men - four Bahamian and five Haitian - to court yesterday to be charged in connection with the seizure of nearly $500,000 worth of marijuana.

Man is charged over 'execution'

A YOUNG Bain Town man has been charged in connection with a murder that has been dubbed an 'execution.'

'Murder rate due to drugs and guns'

NATIONAL Security Minister Tommy Turnquest said yesterday the Bahamas' high murder rates stem primarily from drugs and firearms.

Two men quizzed by police after murder

POLICE are questioning two men in connection with the country's latest murder.

Man killed during armed robbery

FREEPORT - Grand Bahama police are investigating the murder of a 38-year-old man who was shot during an armed robbery in the Garden Villas area over the Easter holiday weekend.