SEVEN male tourists — six Canadians and one American — were arrested in two separate incidents after they were found in possession of drugs.
In the first incident, an American man was taken into custody at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Friday. Shortly after 3pm, Airport Division officers conducted a search of the man who was in the departure lounge and found six tubes of liquid marijuana in his possession. The drugs have a street value of $60.
In the second incident, shortly after 8pm, Western Division officers took six Canadian men into custody after a plastic bag with suspected marijuana was recovered from their hotel room.
The drugs weighed three and a quarter ounces with an estimated street value of $250.
The men are all expected to be formally charged in court this week.
Comments
mandela 4 years, 5 months ago
What a shame, Doc hurry up and decriminalize marijuana so the RBPF could stop wasting the citizens hard-earned tax money on trivial matters and go after persons with guns and persons supplying guns or murderers, armed robbers, my goodness, they catch a person with $60.00 worth of cannabis and spend $4 to $500.00 or even more in man-hours and pay just processing him, the arresting officer, gas for the car, feed them, take them before the Judge or Magistrate, these are all money being wasted, for what? We as a country need to come out Da bush and into reality.
truetruebahamian 4 years, 5 months ago
They wouldn't have had them for resale at that quantity - let them walk, ass! They probabably bought it on Woodes Rogers Walk!
Bonefishpete 4 years, 5 months ago
Ain't Weed legal in Canada?
Chucky 4 years, 5 months ago
How on earth did one of God’s plants ever become illegal anyways.
It’s a law written and enforced by fools overrun with their own narcissistic self importance.
TheMadHatter 4 years, 5 months ago
God said he shall not be mocked (but some don't hear). Man making God's plants illegal. Wow. Hemlock is illegal in the USA. Craziness. When they get to Heaven God will say "Lucy, you got some splainnin to do !!!"
sealice 4 years, 5 months ago
BCC mocks WETF it wants on a daily basis wait till we hear "their" position on legalizing weed
John 4 years, 5 months ago
They trying to justify locking up niggas every day for a pinch a weed. The mentality of the people that govern us. Reprobate thinking!
Porcupine 4 years, 5 months ago
And this was the only "crime" they would have likely committed while having fun in The Bahamas. Can't we ask our officers to be sensible, even though marijuana is still illegal? It's not like we don't turn our heads each and every day at crimes far more serious to human beings than this. What is preventing us from moving forward? I ask this question seriously.
Dawes 4 years, 5 months ago
They should put the traffic police in charge of marijuana. Then no one will be arrested for breaking the law
Bahama7 4 years, 5 months ago
What a waste of police time. Let these guys enjoy their holiday and chase some real criminals.
enough 4 years, 5 months ago
Yet politicians and their cronies (both parties) who have stole millions of dollars from the disenfranchised, the poor and future generations walk free and are praised. You cannot make this up.
Sickened 4 years, 5 months ago
Our police focus on some stupid crap! Before we pass the marijuana law let us make it policy that we aren't going to pursue arrests of small amount of marijuana.
Maple 4 years, 5 months ago
Seven persons were arrested and detained for "Dangerous Drugs". Let's say that each person relates their horrendous Bahamian experience to some five people, plus, each. That is a potential of a lot of people who would be utterly turned off as far as going to the Bahamas. The Bahamas is ruled by political parties that gush their ersatz Christianity, thus attempting to shield themselves from scrutiny, while advocating positions that are utterly disembodied from the populace. When the Bahamas wishes to join the 21st Century, perhaps the country will elect YOUNG people who actually represent their constituents.
DWW 4 years, 5 months ago
way to go. i bet this was an easy bust. who wants to go chasing down thugs over the hill anyway. Lets continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. waste more tax dollars. good job bahamas.
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