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Drug Trafficking

Letters to the Editor

"US softening drugs laws"

March 13, 2011 Dear Sir, A 43-year-old tourist received a hefty fine for importation after cannabis was found in his cruise ship cabin. Well I believe that Bermuda can add at least one more tourist and at most all of his friends and acquaintances to...
Apr 19, 2011
Court

"Judge to rule on Tuesday on $2.2m money-laundering case"

A man guilty of the largest money-laundering enterprise ever prosecuted in Bermuda should get six to eight years in jail, a prosecutor said yesterday. Roger Cox used a network of 33 people to help him launder $2.2 million, which he says he got from r...
Apr 16, 2011
Court

"Bermudian admits $3.9m heroin plot in NYC"

A Bermudian is facing jail in New York after admitting his role in a $3.9 million heroin importation plot. Kyle John, 51, of Hamilton Parish, was detained at John F Kennedy Airport in January along with fellow Bermudian Rudolph Clarke, 40. According ...
Apr 15, 2011
Court

"Teens fined for drug possession"

Two teenagers were fined in Magistrates’ Court after admitting to charges of drug possession. Tahva Virgil, 16, was arrested on July 28 last year at the Southampton Cricket Club on suspicion of possessing cannabis. Crown counsel Susan Mulligan told t...
Apr 11, 2011
Crime

"Arrests made after the Carefree IV arrives"

Two boats and a “significant quantity” of narcotics were seized in a pair of police raids yesterday morning. A total of five people were arrested, including the crew of the Carefree IV. Carlos Rogers, 41, and Kwesi Hollis, 36, sailed the 31-foot sl...
Jan 22, 2011
Crime

"Single mom jailed for cannabis importation"

A single mother will spend Christmas behind bars after she today admitted importing $250,000 worth of cannabis into the Island. Shanae Vanderpool, 26, of Fenton Drive, Pembroke pleaded guilty to conspiring to import a controlled substance. The mother...
Dec 24, 2010
Crime

"Trio detained over $13m drug bust"

Three Bermudians have been arrested after police swooped on a boat carrying more than $13 million worth of cannabis and cannabis resin. The Bermuda-registered sloop had left the Island on November16, and appeared to be returning north from the Caribb...
Dec 23, 2010
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