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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
A man is feared to have died after an overdose of fentanyl-laced heroin, police revealed yesterday.
He was among several people who went to hospital because of the substance.
A police spokesman said six suspects were arrested over the weekend after r...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two fires were tackled by police early on Saturday, including one blaze outside a Warwick residence.
Police and the fire service were called to the scene of a motorcycle on fire at 4.25am on Curving Avenue in Pembroke.
They extinguished the fire and ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Research on the creation of a “culturally acceptable” police watchdog is to be handed to the Government this year, the national security minister has announced.
Renée Ming said a “Bermuda-centred” body to scrutinise the police, promised in 2020, woul...
DATE: Feb 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have released an image of two suspects wanted in connection with a “brutal” attack on a 14-year-old boy yesterday morning.
The boy’s injuries were said by police to be serious, but not life-threatening, and that he was recovering in hospital.
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DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan