drug smuggling - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Tue, 10 May 2022 21:58:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Airline ticket agent denies plot to smuggle cocaine https://bahamascourtnews.com/airline-ticket-agent-denies-plot-to-smuggle-cocaine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=airline-ticket-agent-denies-plot-to-smuggle-cocaine Tue, 10 May 2022 21:58:42 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5243 NASSAU- An airline employee is accused of helping his cousin bypass security by getting a suitcase with 32 pounds of cocaine onto a flight from Inagua to New Providence. Bahamasair ticket agent Nerico Beneby, 23, and his 40-year-old cousin, Duedanae Leann Cox, both appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on May 10 charged with drug possession […]

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]]> FedEx cocaine smuggler pleads guilty https://bahamascourtnews.com/fedex-cocaine-smuggler-pleads-guilty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fedex-cocaine-smuggler-pleads-guilty Sat, 05 Feb 2022 10:39:26 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5028 FLORIDA- A Bahamian woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to import cocaine from Grand Bahama into the United States through FedEx. Pereze Ferguson’s guilty plea came after a judge denied a motion to toss her post-arrest statement. Her lawyer alleged that Ferguson confessed because police officers allowed her four-year-old son in the interview room. Ferguson’s […]

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]]> 8 months for inmate with ganja in cell https://bahamascourtnews.com/8-months-for-inmate-with-ganja-in-cell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=8-months-for-inmate-with-ganja-in-cell Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:26:28 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=4959 Nassau, BAHAMAS- A remand inmate caught with 1 ½ ounces of ganja in his maximum security cell has been jailed for eight months. Cleophus Smith will spend an additional six months in prison if he doesn’t pay a $1,000 fine. The 29-year-old pleaded guilty to drug possession with intent to supply over the November 27, […]

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]]> Police used child to make mom confess, lawyer claims https://bahamascourtnews.com/police-used-child-to-make-mom-confess-lawyer-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-used-child-to-make-mom-confess-lawyer-claims Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:01:20 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=4104 FLORIDA- The attorney for a Bahamian woman charged with drug smuggling is trying to prevent her post-arrest statement from being used at her trial. Pereze Ferguson, 27, faces cocaine importation charges. Florida law enforcement intercepted 2.9 kilos of cocaine that was shipped through FedEx from The Bahamas on June 16, 2020. However, the courier service […]

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]]> Deejay busted at airport with cocaine https://bahamascourtnews.com/deejay-busted-at-airport-with-cocaine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deejay-busted-at-airport-with-cocaine Thu, 27 May 2021 08:23:03 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/deejay-busted-at-airport-with-cocaine/ NASSAU- A man caught trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine into the United States has been fined $20,000. Deejay turned drug smuggler Raymond Evans, 22, was arrested at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on May 23. Evans pleaded guilty at his arraignment before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes. Evans had been enlisted by a […]

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]]> Jamaican accused of trafficking cocaine https://bahamascourtnews.com/jamaican-accused-of-trafficking-cocaine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamaican-accused-of-trafficking-cocaine Fri, 04 Dec 2020 22:14:35 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/jamaican-accused-of-trafficking-cocaine/ NASSAU- A Jamaican man is facing multiple charges after prosecutors say he went to a courier company to collect a package of cocaine. Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Dion Crooks, 39, on December 3. DEU and Customs Officers found five kilos of cocaine, with a street value of $80,000, in the package on […]

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]]> Bail revoked for fisherman accused of drug smuggling https://bahamascourtnews.com/bail-revoked-for-fisherman-accused-of-drug-smuggling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bail-revoked-for-fisherman-accused-of-drug-smuggling Thu, 08 Oct 2020 07:53:36 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/bail-revoked-for-fisherman-accused-of-drug-smuggling/ NASSAU – A judge has revoked the $20,000 bail of an accused drug trafficker who claimed his boat “drifted” into Jamaican waters last month. Now, Kenny Major will remain in prison pending trial on charges that he smuggled 3,870 pounds of marijuana into the country on October 25, 2018. Major’s bail conditions required him to […]

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]]> Pilot fined for smuggling drugs on private plane https://bahamascourtnews.com/pilot-fined-for-smuggling-drugs-on-private-plane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pilot-fined-for-smuggling-drugs-on-private-plane Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:07:37 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/pilot-fined-for-smuggling-drugs-on-private-plane/ NASSAU- A drug smuggling pilot has landed on the radar of authorities. Officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit were waiting on Donald Ferguson when his private plane landed at Odyssey Aviation from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They seized one pound of marijuana, worth $3,500, and close to $10,000. Ferguson, who works at Exclusive Aviation, pleaded guilty […]

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]]> Accused FedEx cocaine smuggler under house arrest https://bahamascourtnews.com/accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accused-fedex-cocaine-smuggler-under-house-arrest Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:37:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=2053 Accused cocaine smuggler Pereze Perissa Ferguson is under house arrest as a condition of her $100,000 bail. Ferguson, 26, of Grand Bahama, can only leave home to seek medical care for herself and son, court hearings, lawyer visits and religious services. Ferguson’s brother Kenneth Whymms posted bail and she’ll be staying with him in Fort […]

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