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"Harvard professor admits importing cannabis"

A female Harvard professor admitted importing cannabis to Bermuda, but told a court it was for medical use. Mey Akashah, 36, who specialises in Environmental Health, was caught with six grams of the drug concealed in her groin area. Prosecutor Maria ...
Apr 30, 2012
Court

"Security company owner imprisoned on heroin plot"

An extravagant plan to import cannabis for a birthday bash ended with two Bermudian men receiving nine year prison terms at Westgate Correctional Facility. Kendrick Zuill, 33 of Deepdale, Pembroke and Paul Smith, 51 of East Shore Road, Sandys, both e...
Mar 27, 2012
Court

"Smith’s man built concealed room to grow cannabis"

A 39-year-old caught growing cannabis in a home recording studio was handed a suspended sentence in Magistrates’ Court. Police found four cannabis plants and five seedlings in a concealed room David Cunningham created at his Smith’s home. Crown couns...
Mar 14, 2012
Court

"Mother of two jailed for importing $1.1m of drugs"

A mother of two young children has been jailed for eight years for plotting to import $1.1 million worth of cannabis. Michelle Gibbons, 28, was said by her lawyer to have committed the crime because she was suffering financial woes. She was caught du...
Dec 17, 2011
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"Mother of two jailed for importing $1.1m of drugs"

A mother of two young children has been jailed for eight years for plotting to import $1.1 million worth of cannabis. Michelle Gibbons, 28, was said by her lawyer to have committed the crime because she was suffering financial woes. She was caught du...
Dec 15, 2011
Court

"Magistrate fines man $2,500 for having cannabis at cricket club"

A Warwick man caught with less than a gram of cannabis in his pocket was fined $2,500 in Magistrates’ Court. Duane Hurdle, 40, of Marl Lane, was searched by police at St David’s Cricket Club after he drew the attention of a sniffer dog. Officers foun...
Dec 09, 2011
Court

"Southampton man fined for having cannabis"

A 24-year-old Southampton man caught with cannabis told Magistrates’ Court he had been simply enjoying Father’s Day with his friends. Makonnen Asir Tove De Chan Lowe was searched on June 19, after police on mobile patrol spotted a group of young men ...
Nov 14, 2011
Other

"Women charged with importing cannabis"

Two American visitors were remanded into custody this morning on charges they conspired to import more than 2.5kg of cannabis resin. Alloah Jatan Releford, 23, from Temple, Georgia, and Latoya Nicole Powell, 27, from Marietta, Georgia, were charged w...
Oct 11, 2011
Court

"Smoking cure ends up costing $2,000"

A retired US doctor got more than he bargained for after a hemp mixture that helped him quit smoking cost him $2,000 in Magistrates’ Court. New Jersey resident Charles Emile Reisen was a passenger on board the Norwegian Gem when Customs officers foun...
Oct 07, 2011
Court

"Handyman given conditional discharge for having cannabis"

A 29-year-old father was given a conditional discharge after a police officer discovered cannabis in his shoe. Warwick resident Aronde Morris pleaded guilty to a single count of possessing a controlled drug in Warwick on April 24. The court heard tha...
Sep 06, 2011
Crime

"Police seize 40 cannabis plants"

Police believe they seized 40 cannabis plants in a raid on a property in Radnor Road, Hamilton Parish, on Tuesday. Officers are now investigating the seizure, according to a Bermuda Police Service statement. The statement said: “This is yet another e...
Jul 30, 2011
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