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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 ...

A 65-year-old man denied conspiring with others to import cocaine to Bermuda when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Giovanni Vimercati, from Lomazzo, Italy, allegedly committed the offence between a date unknown and August 17. With the h...

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...

A man has been jailed for 2½ years after more than three kilograms of cannabis worth $178,000 was found in his luggage. John Alvin Woods, 32, was found guilty of importing the drugs and possession with intent to supply in Magistrates’ Court on Wedne...

An alleged scheme to launder the illegal proceeds of a drugs plot has been outlined for a jury. Luke Hill, 47, from Hamilton Parish, is on trial at the Supreme Court accused of conspiring to import almost 80 grammes of diamorphine, better known as he...

A witness has denied having drug accused Luke Hill fill out a series of address labels on his behalf. Mr Hill, 47, from Hamilton Parish, has denied conspiring to import almost 80 grams of diamorphine, better known as heroin, to the Island. The Supre...

A man accused of conspiring to import heroin and laundering the profits went on trial yesterday. Luke Hill, 47, from Hamilton Parish, has denied a charge of conspiring with others to import diamorphine, better known as heroin, and two charges of poss...