drug trafficking - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Colombian smugglers to testify against cop https://bahamascourtnews.com/colombian-smugglers-to-testify-against-cop-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombian-smugglers-to-testify-against-cop-2 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:13:08 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=6069 Two Colombian drug smugglers have agreed to testify against an allegedly corrupt cop

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]]> Accused drug dealer gets trial date https://bahamascourtnews.com/accused-drug-dealer-gets-trial-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accused-drug-dealer-gets-trial-date Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:19:50 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=4920 Nassau, Bahamas – The trial of accused drug dealer Shawn Saunders, otherwise known as Shawn Bruey, is expected to begin on February 14 in Florida. Saunders, 52, was extradited from The Bahamas to Florida to face drug smuggling charges on December 22, 2021, 19 years after American authorities requested his extradition. Prosecutors allege that Saunders, […]

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]]> Extradited drug dealers plead guilty in Florida https://bahamascourtnews.com/extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:19:29 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida/ Three Bahamian drug dealers who were extradited to Florida in September are now awaiting sentencing. Edson Watson, Nathaniel Knowles, and former policeman Ian Bethel on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States between June and November 2002. The men were part of drug gang headed by Austin “Ozzie” Knowles. He […]

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]]> Bahamian busted at FLL Airport for cocaine smuggling https://bahamascourtnews.com/bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:58:44 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/bahamian-busted-at-fll-airport-for-cocaine-smuggling/ FLORIDA- A Bahamian man is facing drug trafficking charges after US Customs and Border Patrol Officers caught him trying to collect four kilos of cocaine. Darron Smith, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned on charges of conspiracy to import and possess cocaine on March 3. CBP officers assigned to the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport […]

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]]> Drug boat captain loses bid to cut sentence https://bahamascourtnews.com/drug-boat-captain-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drug-boat-captain-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:03:53 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/drug-boat-captain-loses-bid-to-cut-sentence/ NASSAU- A boat captain sentenced to five years in prison has lost a bid to cut his sentence. Acting on a tip, officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit boarded the wooden sloop captained by Clodius Michel at the dock in Inagua on June 23, 2018. During a search, they found 40 pounds of cocaine, worth […]

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]]> Dealer makes last-ditch appeal to block extradition https://bahamascourtnews.com/dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:52:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition/ NASSAU-Wanted drug dealer Sean Bruey has made a last-ditch attempt to block his extradition to Florida. Bruey’s lawyer Osman Johnson has filed an urgent application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. If the court doesn’t grant permission, Bruey’s 18-year battle against extradition will come to an end. The Court of Appeal will hear […]

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