2 men including Bahamian national, charged after multi-million dollar drug seizure in Priory, St. Ann

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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SOE in sections of St Andrew to tackle increased murders, MP calls for long term measures

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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Five new ambulances to be added to fleet of police vehicles in coming weeks

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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Proceedings at St. Catherine and Corporate Area parish courts disrupted today due to bomb threats

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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Education Minister says 10 students were involved in yesterday’s fatal crash on the Bustamante Highway

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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Labour Minister expects overseas work programme to rebound next year

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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TODDS urges Transport Authority to refrain from chasing taxi drivers

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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JCF members warned not to abuse overtime system

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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Increased rainfall and windy conditions for northern parishes starting Tuesday

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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3 persons arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar fraud at HEART NSTA/Trust

By Markelia Rumble

Two men, including a Bahamian national, have been slapped with multiple charges following a multi-million dollar drug seizure by police in Priory, St. Ann, last Saturday.

Charged are 27-year-old Ronique Scott, a laborer of Seville Heights and Coxheath District in St. Ann, and 56-year-old Andrew Adderley, otherwise called Reds, a fisherman from Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas.

The men have been charged with possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, trafficking ganja, conspiracy to export ganja, possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, trafficking cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and illegal entry.

According to police, at around 4:20 A.M. on Saturday November 30, a team of lawmen observed a blue Isuzu motor truck with the two men seated in the front and a yellow backhoe parked behind the vehicle.

The police conducted a search of the truck, which revealed several knitted bags containing parcels wrapped in masking tape and clear plastic.

The parcels were found to contain compressed vegetable matter resembling ganja and a white substance resembling cocaine.

The drugs, which weighed approximately 3,700 pounds, have an estimated value of $53 million.

Both men were taken into custody and charged by the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division yesterday.

Their court dates are being finalized.

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