{"version":1,"id":"bm","name":"Bermuda","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bm/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":15.216,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":1,"sentence":2,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-31","reports":[{"id":"bermuda-teshome-cannabis-import-plea","code":"CET-5NRSPE","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bermuda-teshome-cannabis-import-plea/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/5NRSPE/","date":"2026-10-31","country":"bm","country_name":"Bermuda","place":"Supreme Court, Hamilton, Bermuda","coordinates":[32.2949,-64.783],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["seizure"],"title":"Yemariam Teshome, 21, denies $1m cannabis import in Bermuda","summary":"Yemariam Teshome, 21, of Ontario, pleaded not guilty in Bermuda's Supreme Court to conspiring to import more than $1 million of cannabis into the island between an unknown date and 21 June 2026, and to possessing it with intent to supply. A judge set a mention for 11 December and a fixed trial date of 15 February.","status":"reported","figures":{"charged":1,"value":{"amount":1000000,"currency":"BMD"}},"tags":["bermuda","importation","supreme-court","not-guilty"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The article gives no separate date for the plea hearing; 31 October 2026 is its publication date.","No weight or quantity for the cannabis was published; the only value is the judge's estimate that the seized drugs could be worth more than $1 million depending on how they were sold.","The article does not say whether Teshome is in custody or on bail.","The trial date is given as 15 February without a year; a mention is listed for 11 December.","No co-conspirator is named and the account does not say how the cannabis was allegedly brought into Bermuda.","Only one account of the hearing, in The Royal Gazette, could be found.","The page's lead image is a stock Supreme Court graphic rather than a photograph of Teshome or the hearing, so no media is listed."],"sources":[{"title":"Canadian denies plot to smuggle cannabis","url":"https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20261031/canadian-denies-plot-to-smuggle-cannabis/","publisher":"The Royal Gazette","date":"2026-10-31","archived":null}]},{"id":"bermuda-safi-two-years","code":"CET-4FGRFQ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bermuda-safi-two-years/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4FGRFQ/","date":"2026-10-07","country":"bm","country_name":"Bermuda","place":"St George's, Bermuda","coordinates":[32.381,-64.677],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"California man jailed two years for importing 1.3 kg of cannabis","summary":"On 7 October 2026 Magistrate Craig Attridge sentenced Silamon Safi, 26, of California, to two years for importing 1,336.2 grams of cannabis into St George's on 18 April and for possessing it with intent to supply. A three-month term for possessing oxycodone runs at the same time, with time in custody since April counted.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":1.336,"value":{"amount":133620,"currency":"BMD"}},"tags":["bermuda","sentence","importation"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"xai/grok-4.7","open_questions":["The Royal Gazette does not say how the cannabis was carried or whether anyone else was charged.","In June he denied importing oxycodone and possessing it with intent to supply. By the sentence the Crown had dropped the importation count and he was sentenced for possessing the opioid.","The street value of 133,620 dollars is the Crown's figure if the cannabis were sold by the gram. The currency is not named in the report.","Both Royal Gazette stories use the same preview image, which is not a photograph of this case, so it is not listed."],"sources":[{"title":"Drug smuggler handed two-year jail term","url":"https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20261008/drug-smuggler-handed-two-year-jail-term/","publisher":"The Royal Gazette","date":"2026-10-08","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20261009064304/https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20261008/drug-smuggler-handed-two-year-jail-term/"},{"title":"American admits smuggling cannabis","url":"https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20260604/american-admits-smuggling-cannabis/","publisher":"The Royal Gazette","date":"2026-06-04","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260711145153/https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20260604/american-admits-smuggling-cannabis/"}]},{"id":"bermuda-mckenna-mule-6-years","code":"CET-N4RPJN","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bermuda-mckenna-mule-6-years/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N4RPJN/","date":"2026-04-09","country":"bm","country_name":"Bermuda","place":"LF Wade International Airport, St. George's","coordinates":[32.3639,-64.6789],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Canadian drug mule Michael McKenna jailed 6½ years for 13.88 kg of cannabis","summary":"Former chef Michael McKenna, 54, of Toronto, was sentenced to 6½ years in prison on 9 April 2026 after pleading guilty to importing 13.88 kilogrammes of cannabis in a suitcase at LF Wade International Airport on 13 July 2025; the judge said a trial would have brought ten years.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":13.88,"prison":"6 years 6 months","value":{"amount":1380000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["airport","mule","import"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The Royal Gazette valued the load at up to $1.38 million on Bermuda's streets; no laboratory breakdown was published in these accounts.","McKenna's remand hearing did not read out the weight in open court.","Crown and defence jointly suggested six years while the judge imposed 6½ years after a notional ten-year trial starting point."],"sources":[{"title":"Canadian man ‘set up as a mule’ jailed for smuggling cannabis","url":"https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20260410/canadian-man-set-up-as-a-mule-jailed-for-smuggling-cannabis/","publisher":"The Royal Gazette","date":"2026-04-10","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260520104235/https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20260410/canadian-man-set-up-as-a-mule-jailed-for-smuggling-cannabis/"},{"title":"Canadian national remanded for alleged drug trafficking","url":"https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20250717/canadian-national-remanded-for-alleged-drug-trafficking/","publisher":"The Royal Gazette","date":"2025-07-17","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260514012302/https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20250717/canadian-national-remanded-for-alleged-drug-trafficking/"}]}]}