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A mother of two jailed for importation of cannabis to treat her seizures has lodged an appeal against her sentence. Natasha York, 41, was sentenced to a year in prison on Monday for bringing in 1,430 grams of cannabis, but magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo ...

A mother who smuggled 1,430 grams of cannabis products into Bermuda to treat her seizures was jailed for three months yesterday. Natasha York, 41, told the court cannabis was her only relief from seizures that were responsible for the loss of her job...

Three decades ago, I would have been over the moon to see cannabis legalised. It would have saved me a lot of effort spent trying to avoid detection, constantly looking for places to hide a joint. I smoked throughout my teens and early twenties. Duri...

A man who had drug charges against him dropped has lost an appeal to get back $33,770 of cash seized by police 16 years ago. Tito Smith argued before the Supreme Court that he earned the money by painting houses and selling a car, but Puisne Judge St...

A female drugs mule who travelled through Bermuda on a luxury cruise liner has been jailed in Australia for eight years. Melina Roberge was caught with 95 kilograms of cocaine when the MS Sea Princess docked in Sydney on the last leg of an around-the...

A taxi driver accused of having a gun and drugs in his vehicle claimed they had been left there by a passenger. However, prosecutors called Jahdel Rogers’s story a “pack of lies” and alleged he used his taxi as a mobile drug-dealing operation. Mr Rog...

A Bermudian man was arrested for drug offences in Jamaica at the weekend. Paulos Francis, 31, of Devonshire, was detained at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Sunday. He was later charged with possession, dealing and attempting to expo...

A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the importation of almost $500,000 worth of drugs. Edward Albuoy, from Southampton, appeared in Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with six drug-related offences. They included the importation ...

Any move to legalise cannabis must be examined with care, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has said. Michael Weeks said “great pains” must be taken as the island looks at the use of cannabis. Mr Weeks told The Royal Gazette: “If we are to...

A Pembroke man was fined $1,000 yesterday after a police sniffer dog detected cannabis in his motorbike. Magistrates’ Court heard that a police dog, trained in drug detection, picked up a scent on a bike driven by Jahmel Samuels in the area of police...

Sales of medicinal products containing the marijuana-derived drug cannabidiol have gone ahead “without incident”, the Minister of Health said yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs that CBD products had been bought in pharmacies without a prescription and ov...