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A woman was accused yesterday of handling a shotgun, a revolver and almost 500 rounds of ammunition Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 29, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with four offences, all alleged to have taken place in Sandys on July 6, 2015. The char...

An attempted robbery at a store was foiled after the owner wrestled the raider to the ground. Christopher Bromby said that the would-be robber entered Bo’s Lawn Equipment on Middle Road, Warwick, closed the door behind him and motioned towards his wa...

A drug mule in the biggest heroin importation case tried in Bermuda was jailed yesterday for 30 years. Josef Vlcek was caught trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug, worth $9.55 million, after he arrived on a flight from London in Septe...

Police arrested nine drivers for suspected drink-driving offences at the weekend. The arrests came after breath test checkpoints were in set up in six parishes between Friday night and Sunday night. A police spokesman said: “While there are no road s...

A man caught with almost $10 million of heroin was convicted of drug importation yesterday. Josef Vlcek, 49, of the Czech Republic, was found guilty at Supreme Court of importation of the drug and possession with intent to supply. He remained silent ...

A 31-year-old man denied two charges of sex assault on a woman, when he appeared in court. It is alleged that the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, committed the offences on February 14, in Pembroke and Southampton. It was further alleged i...

A shop worker was in shock after a neighbourhood store was robbed at knifepoint on Saturday morning. Adelle Burgess said a man in black came into The Mini Market, on Ord Road, Paget, at about 8.30am, locked the door behind him and brandished a large,...

Campaigners for longer jail sentences for sex offenders are to meet the Attorney-General, it was revealed yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly that Juanae Crockwell, who organised a protest outside Parliament on March 1 to d...

A man who was driving with more than four times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday. Kyle Rogers, 36, was also fined $1,000 by senior magistrate Juan Wolffe. The court heard that police were direc...

A man accused of an attempt to smuggle $9.5 million of heroin into Bermuda said he thought he was carrying gold and diamonds for men he had met in the UK. Josef Vlcek, 49, said that he did not know that drugs were hidden in his suitcases. He told t...

Three men denied charges related to bank card fraud at Magistrates’ Court this week. Tiberiu Gavrila, 44 and Radu Asavei pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of possession of fake ATM cards between January 20 and 30. Mr Gavrila, from Romania, and Mr Asave...

Bermuda’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator explained yesterday how he negotiated a $33,000 raise after he accepted the job for far less reward than he initially sought. Leroy Bean said his $125,000 salary was “somewhat of a medium” for the stress...