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January 5, 2013 Dear Sir For the record, I’m white, I do not smoke or use illegal drugs but for close to 20 years I have argued with family and friends about the need to decriminalise drugs. Recent blogs have discussed legally growing cannabis in Ber...

A foreign national accused of importing more than 700 grams of cocaine to Bermuda was yesterday granted bail. Dave Trotman, 39, from Barbados, was charged last month with importing a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance with int...

A Pembroke man who ran from police because of an expired bike licence got into deeper trouble after officers discovered he had cannabis. Stephen Knight, 23, claimed he forgot he had the drug on him, when he later appeared in Magistrates’ Court. “I ra...

A Devonshire couple were this week charged in Magistrates’ Court with growing cannabis plants. Mark Francis Daniels, 49, and Felicia Daniels, 53, both denied a charge of cultivating 36 cannabis plants on August 17 in Devonshire. Senior Magistrate Arc...

Four people have appeared in Magistrates’ Court for possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Tracey and Robert MacRonald were charged with Susanne Jones and Blair Orlando following arrests made at a private home in Pembroke on May 18. Mr and Ms Mac...

Purchasing cannabis in the open air proved costly for a 35-year-old homeless man, who was fined $300 in Magistrates’ Court for having less than one gram of the drug. Michael Clemens was caught by police on June 17, when an unmarked patrol car spotted...

A Pembroke man was fined $1,000 after admitting to cannabis possession. Prosecutor Tawana Tannock told Magistrates’ Court that on August 23, police arrested Michael Raynor, of Berkeley Road. According to Ms Tannock, at around 9am, officers on patrol ...

A 23-year-old man who abandoned more than 2,000g of cannabis at LF Wade International Airport had his sentenced reduced by a third yesterday. Vincent Hewey was jailed for 18 months in February after he pleaded guilty to importing 2,156g of cannabis o...

A 23-year-old Warwick man admitted in Magistrates’ Court to possessing seven grams of cannabis. Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said that Norris Wilkinson of Fairway Drive was riding along North Shore Road, Pembroke when he was stopped near First Church of ...