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A man caught with cannabis and cocaine in the lining of his suitcase has been jailed for six years. His girlfriend was discharged. Shomari Virgil had pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing the controlled drugs on a flight from Miami, while ...

Pride Bermuda officially launched its 18th Red Ribbon Week from the steps of City Hall. Spectators donned the drug awareness organisation’s signature red for the event, with many bearing the slogan “Make the Right Choice”. Programme facilitator Lis...

A cruise ship worker has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to import cannabis. Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Lindel Primus pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to import 1,898.5 grams of the controlled drug to ...

A St George’s man has been fined $2,000 after he was found in possession of a small quantity of cannabis. Trevor Stevens was stopped by police as he drove along St David’s Road at around 11am on March 11, this year. The 51-year-old was allowed to go ...

A growing number of teenaged boys and young men appearing in court have a history of smoking marijuana, according to senior magistrate Juan Wolffe. Mr Wolffe said that he and his magistrate colleagues could “draw the inference that there is a strong ...

Dear Sir, I wish to bring to your attention a community concern about the delay in the decriminalisation of small amounts of the herb marijuana. It is the opinion in my community that delays of implementation by the OBA, PLP, CS, and lack of action i...

Dear Sir, Bermuda is at a marijuana crossroads today and it is vital she not make a wrong turn. We tend to be copycats and regurgitate unthinkingly the legal food fed by our neighbours and friends. There is so much variation in the United States ...

A Pembroke man has been fined $300 for having cannabis. Omar Govia, 30, pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court this morning after being caught with 3.63 grams of the drug on November 27. The court heard that at about 7.40pm, police officers intervened...

A 21-year-old man has admitted possession of 0.34 grams of cannabis. Frank Herbert, of Sandys, appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to having the drug in Devonshire on March 23. He was stopped by Police at the junction of Hap...

Action is needed on the “stalled” debate over decriminalising drugs, which community group the Young Progressives says could defuse the Island’s gang-related tensions. “Every time we lose someone, every time a young man is murdered, politicians come ...

Calls to reform cannabis laws are increasing, according to Profiles of Bermuda. They conducted a survey of 407 registered voters that found 79.3 per cent wanted the law to be changed, compared with 70.8 per cent in last year’s survey. “While the res...

The trial of a Pembroke man accused of smuggling more than $130,000 of cannabis in a tent began in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Vain Waldron, 49, had denied charges of importing the controlled drug on May 25 last year and possessing it with intent t...