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A man who tried to smuggle nearly $250,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda was jailed for 7½ years yesterday.
Raza Mirza was caught as he came through customs at LF Wade International Airport with the drugs hidden in the lining of his bag.
Mirza, 22, a...
DATE: Dec 02, 2017
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Crime
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Detectives have renewed their appeal for information in connection with the murder of Jahkoby Smith.
Mr Smith was fatally stabbed on July 29, this year, as the West End Sailboat Club in Sandys where the wake for murder victim Jahcari Francis was taki...
DATE: Nov 30, 2017
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Crime
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Armed robbers struck at the Collector’s Hill Esso Service Station this morning in Smith’s, according to police.
Officers responded at about 5.30am after two suspects, one apparently brandishing a bladed article, accosted staff members as they opened ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service will next week host a crime prevention presentation for St David’s residents regarding burglaries.
Officers from the Community Action Team will also have sign-up sheets for anyone interested in receiving a residential secu...
DATE: Nov 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Some children are too scared to leave their homes in the wake of the murder of Morlan Steede 12 days ago.
Community activist Gina Spence told The Royal Gazette that some children had returned to school after the fatal shooting, but ended up returning...
DATE: Nov 16, 2017
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Crime
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Progressive Labour Party senator Jason Hayward told yesterday how he watched murder victim Morlan Steede die at the foot of Deepdale.
Mr Hayward urged Bermuda’s young people to reflect on their life choices.
Mr Steede was chased by a gunman through t...
DATE: Nov 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nizigh Spence was just seven years old when his stepfather James “Junior” Lawes was shot dead.
A year later, his second cousin Randy Robinson was murdered, leaving Nizigh and his family to deal with another tragic loss.
Now, aged 15, he has learnt to...
DATE: Nov 16, 2017
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Crime
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A former teacher accused of sexually assaulting a local student is fighting his extradition back to Bermuda from the United States.
The American citizen, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is in custody in Alabama.
In the accused’s appeal ag...
DATE: Nov 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
News Staff
Police have launched an investigation after a daylight burglary in St George’s was caught on camera and shared on social media.
The news came just days after police announced that nearly two dozen homes in eight of the island’s nine paris...
DATE: Nov 10, 2017
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Crime
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A Warwick man remained in police custody yesterday as detectives continued to investigate the murder of Morlan Steede.
The local man, said to be in his mid-twenties, was arrested after Mr Steede was shot dead in the Two-Way Deepdale area of Pembroke ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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