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Hard drugs heroin and fentanyl have been seized in a series of raids by police designed to crack down on gang and gun crime.
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Nicholas Pedro warned that fentanyl – an synthetic opioid and a potential killer whic...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been arrested after a weekend assault at a nightclub, police said.
A spokesman said a man suffered a gash to his head in the incident at Ambiance Lounge on Angle Street, Pembroke.
The injured man declined to go to hospital and was treated a...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Parish police officers are being redeployed to carry out general patrol duties for two months because of “operational priorities“.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said there will be limited access to parish officers during that period.
Th...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Extra police on patrol in Hamilton have reduced crime and antisocial behaviour and will extend their coverage of the city
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police raid netted a suspected haul of cocaine and drug equipment on Wednesday.
A spokesman said cash was also seized in the raid on a house in Deepdale Road, Pembroke as part of the service’s crime-busting Operation Sole.
Inspector Shakisha Minors...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have seized “a large quantity of cash” after officers executed a series of warrants linked with a weekend drugs raid.
It comes as police confirmed that cocaine, heroin and the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl had been found at the weekend a...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick man was banned from the road for three years and fined $1,500 for causing an incapacitating injury to another motorcyclist while driving under the influence of alcohol.
Tokeio Matthie-Crofton, 25, was riding his motorcycle east on South Roa...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Drugs laced with a potential killer synthetic opioid are suspected to be in circulation on the island, police warned yesterday.
The news came after a man died from a suspected overdose said to be linked to heroin laced with fentanyl.
A police raid du...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 14-year-old schoolboy, police announced yesterday.
The news came as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Stableford said the victim was “recovering well”.
Mr Stableford thanked the public fo...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who led police on a chase after he escaped from custody following a crash and a woman who helped him were fined yesterday in Magistrates’ Court.
Sanchez Smith, 32, from Southampton, was riding his motorcycle on Middle Road when he ran into the ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan