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Cannabis cultivation for medical reasons will be legalised within months, David Burt told a conference last night. The Premier pledged the Government would issue the first licences for production of the drug next year. Mr Burt said: “The Government c...

A warning about the risk of drugs in Halloween treats was issued today by the Government. A spokeswoman for the Department of National Drug Control said parents should be wary of unwrapped sweets which may have had marijuana added. She added: “Mariju...

Two sons of a government minister ran a drugs operation targeting university students in an English city, a court was told yesterday. Marcus Weeks, 28, and his younger brother, Dalji Waldron, 23, sons of Michael Weeks, the Minister of Social Develop...

An American cruise ship passenger was fined $4,000 yesterday after she admitted possession of cannabis and drug equipment. Magistrates’ Court heard Meghan George, 41, from Pennsylvania, George was caught with two bags of plantlike material in her pur...

Two American tourists were fined a combined total of $12,000 in Magistrates’ Court for having prescription-based “medical marijuana” after spending several days in custody in Hamilton Police Station. Serenade of the Seas passengers David Hutchins, 23...

A man denied smuggling $647,000 worth of heroin into Bermuda at a Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Omar Davy, 37, pleaded not guilty to the importation of the drug on July 28 and possession with intent to supply. Davy, a Jamaican national, also denie...

A 40-year-old Bermudian man has been arrested in Miami for an alleged attempt to smuggle 295 grams of cocaine to Bermuda stuffed down his pants. The Southern Florida District Court said Micah Jimenez, 40, was stopped in Miami International Airport on...

A 22-year-old woman who admitted smuggling $23,150 worth of drugs into the island was jailed for a year on Friday. Magistrates’ Court heard that Ashley Mussenden was detained after she was stopped by a customs officer at the airport when she arrived...

Three Americans were charged yesterday with the importation of more than $250,000 worth of drugs. It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Julian Mendez, 22, Jahad Waldron, 27, both from Brooklyn, New York, and 31-year-old Margil Mireles, from Houst...

An American man was fined $2,200 yesterday after he admitted the importation of drugs to the island. Magistrates’ Court heard that Semyon Pustylnik, 30, was stopped by customs officials after he left the Norwegian Escape cruise ship in Dockyard. He ...

A cruise ship passenger caught with cocaine was fined $2,500 fine in Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that Daniel Trujillo, 32, was stopped by customs officers at Heritage Wharf last Thursday. The court heard that officers searched the Rockaway, N...

A 48-year-old man denied the cultivation of cannabis and possession of the drug with intent to supply at an appearance in Magistrates’ Court today. Peter Bell also denied possession of a grinder. It is alleged that police found the plants and drug eq...