Police seized marijuana from a man accused of roaming the streets of Bimini during a government mandated lockdown, police said.
Officers on mobile patrol allegedly saw the suspect walking on King’s Highway at 9am on Thursday, May 21.
After looking in the officer’s direction, the man ran into bushes.
However, the officers caught him soon after. They found marijuana on the man during a search, police said.
The suspect will face charges of violation of lockdown and drug possession, police said.
The lockdown began on Monday, May 19 and ends at midnight on May 30.
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis imposed the restrictions on the island to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Thirteen of the country’s 97 confirmed cases of the coronavirus were from Bimini.
Meanwhile, in New Providence six people denied breaking the national curfew by having a birthday party on May 18.
Police broke up the gathering at Ideal Estates shortly before 9pm.
The arrested Marcian Mackey, Ken Evans, Erika Gibson, Gennera Miller, Kendra Davis and Roosevelt McKenzie for breaking curfew rules.
The suspects pleaded not guilty at an arraignment before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on Friday.
They are represented by Ian Cargill and remain on bail until their trial on September 3.
Murder suspect Elvardo Deveaux appeared in the same court accused of two curfew breaches on May 14 and 19.
Deveaux, of Chippingham, is on bail for the January 19, 2018 shooting murder at Maxwell Lane, off Rockcrusher Road.
Prosecutors say that data from Deveaux’s ankle monitor show that he was outside the confines of his home during the curfew.
However, denied the allegation. McKinney set his bail at $2,500 bail.
His trial is scheduled for September 3.
