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Acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans sentenced him to eight months in prison, and the charge against co-accused Pedronique Brown was withdrawn.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":2,"kg_seized":1.5876,"prison":"8 months","value":{"amount":7000,"currency":"BSD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["police","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":1.5876}],"activity":["possession"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"sentenced"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.prison":[1],"figures.value":[1]},"tags":["new-providence","hydroponic","magistrates-court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Only one source for this event could be opened; no second report confirming the plea and sentence was found.","The article dates publication to Monday, November 2, 2026 and sentencing to Friday, so 30 October 2026 is used as the incident date by inference; the article gives no calendar date for that Friday.","The article gives October 29 with no year; 2026 is used from the publication context.","The $7,000 value is reported with a $ sign only, recorded here as BSD consistent with local Bahamas reporting.","The 3.5lbs figure is converted to about 1.59 kg; no independent weighing is reported.","The article does not explicitly say Edgecombe was arrested, so no arrested figure is recorded."],"sources":[{"title":"Eight month jail sentence over $7,000 marijuana seizure","url":"https://www.tribune242.com/news/2026/nov/02/eight-month-jail-sentence-over-7000-marijuana-seizure/","publisher":"The Tribune","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null}]},{"id":"bahamas-grand-bahama-hydroponic","code":"CET-RW21DG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-grand-bahama-hydroponic/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RW21DG/","date":"2026-08-07","added_at":"2026-11-01T10:04:02.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"bs","country_name":"Bahamas","place":"Scott Street, Grand Bahama, Bahamas","coordinates":[26.55,-78.65],"precision":"region","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Three men arrested as police seize hydroponic marijuana in Grand Bahama","summary":"Bahamas police Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a Scott Street residence in Grand Bahama shortly after 9:40 pm on 7 August 2026, found about 1.3 pounds (0.59 kg) of suspected hydroponic marijuana and $3,295 in cash, and arrested three men aged 24, 25 and 26. 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The report uses the Coast Guard weight and the Guardian's wholesale street value.","The reports do not say where the vessel or its cargo came from.","The trial was listed for December 2026 without a day.","The Tribune calls the operation a 72-hour intelligence operation; the Nassau Guardian describes it as a two-day operation that began on 24 July.","The Tribune does not give the weight of the load, while the Nassau Guardian reports 2,318 pounds and the Coast Guard about 2,380 pounds.","The article does not say where the vessel or its cargo came from or where it was bound.","The article says the seizure took place on Saturday, placing the interception on 25 July 2026; no separate date is given.","Sources give different days for the interception: this account says the marijuana was found on a Monday, while other reporting dates the boarding to Saturday 25 July 2026."],"sources":[{"title":"Three charged in $5m marijuana 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Police said they recovered an illegal firearm and suspected hydroponic marijuana, valued at more than $7,900 in all.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"value":{"amount":7900,"currency":"BSD"}},"details":{"agencies":["Operation Black Scorpion","Drug Enforcement Unit"],"agency_types":["police","anti-narcotics"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["home"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","region":"New Providence"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.environment":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.value":[1]},"tags":["nassau","new-providence","quakoo-street","operation-black-scorpion","hydroponic"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["Police gave no weight, plant count or area for the suspected hydroponic marijuana, only that it was a small quantity at the residence plus an additional amount in the abandoned house, so no cannabis weight is recorded.","The $7,900 is a police street-value estimate given as a combined figure for all the suspected drugs recovered; the article does not state the currency, taken here as Bahamian dollars.","The cannabis is described as suspected hydroponic marijuana, with no laboratory confirmation reported.","The two people arrested were identified only by age and sex; no names were released.","The article gives no charge, court date or outcome, and does not say whether anyone was detained over the abandoned house.","The article does not specify the full date beyond the word Wednesday; 20 May 2026 is taken from announcements of the same police report circulated on Wednesday 20 May 2026.","The only opened account is the Eye Witness News report of the police preliminary statement; the Royal Bahamas Police Force daily crime report page for the incident could not be opened."],"sources":[{"title":"Two arrested after police recover illegal firearm and suspected marijuana during search operation","url":"https://ewnews.com/two-arrested-after-police-recover-illegal-firearm-and-suspected-marijuana-during-search-operation/","publisher":"Eye Witness News","date":"2026-05-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"bahamas-andros-2576lb-seizure","code":"CET-SJZMYX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-andros-2576lb-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/SJZMYX/","date":"2026-05-04","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:33:05.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"bs","country_name":"Bahamas","place":"38 nautical miles southwest of Mars Bay, Andros","coordinates":[23.421,-78.005],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two arrested after 2,576 pounds of cannabis seized off Andros","summary":"The Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a go-fast boat 38 nautical miles southwest of Mars Bay, Andros, on 4 May 2026 and seized 2,576 pounds (1,168 kg) of hydroponic cannabis. Two Bahamian men, aged 37 and 53, were arrested and police estimated the haul at $6.4 million.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":1168.5,"value":{"amount":6400000,"currency":"USD"}},"details":{"agency_types":["coast-guard","police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":1168.5}],"activity":["trafficking"],"setting":["street"],"environment":["indoor"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[1],"details.environment":[1,2],"details.products":[2,1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[2,1],"figures.value":[1]},"tags":["rbdf","uscg","andros","go-fast"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"command-code/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["Neither report says what charges, if any, were brought against the two men.","The Tribune counts 66 bales; the Nassau Guardian gives the weight as 2,576 pounds. No separate bale weight was published.","The reports do not say where the vessel or its cargo came from.","The Tribune places the interception 38 miles southwest of Andros; the Nassau Guardian places it 38 nautical miles southwest of Mars Bay.","The reports do not publish coordinates for the interception; the map point is calculated from the stated bearing and distance."],"sources":[{"title":"Police make $6.4m marijuana bust","url":"https://www.thenassauguardian.com/news/police-make-6-4m-marijuana-bust/article_4521d164-16e4-4364-9d63-24f4571a2e87.html","publisher":"The Nassau Guardian","date":"2026-05-05","archived":null},{"title":"RBDF seize $6.4m worth of marijuana after high seas chase","url":"https://www.tribune242.com/news/2026/may/05/rbdf-seize-64m-worth-of-marijuana-after-high-seas-chase/","publisher":"The Tribune","date":"2026-05-05","archived":null}]},{"id":"nassau-ayton-airport-marijuana-detention","code":"CET-ARXV6Q","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-ayton-airport-marijuana-detention/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ARXV6Q/","date":"2026-02-17","added_at":"2026-11-08T23:21:41.660385Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T23:47:19.000Z","country":"bs","country_name":"Bahamas","place":"Lynden Pindling International Airport, Bahamas","coordinates":[25.039,-77.467],"precision":"exact","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"Lakers center Deandre Ayton detained over cannabis at Bahamas airport","summary":"Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton was detained and quickly released at Lynden Pindling International Airport on suspicion of possessing a small amount of marijuana. His lawyer said the drug was in someone else's bag and that Ayton was never arrested or charged.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agencies":["Royal Bahamas Police Force"],"agency_types":["police"],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["airport"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1]},"tags":["bahamas","nassau","airport"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight was published beyond a small and very small amount of suspected marijuana, so no cannabis weight is recorded.","The incident date of 17 February 2026 is the Tuesday before the article's Wednesday 18 February 2026 publication date.","The police account that Ayton was searched and found with marijuana conflicts with his lawyer's account that the marijuana was in someone else's bag and that Ayton was never arrested or charged; the report records the detention and notes the dispute.","Only one opened account, relaying Reuters and TMZ reporting, could be used; no second independent account was found.","The map point is the airport rather than the exact spot of the search within the airport.","People reports only that Ayton was detained by \"authorities\" and does not say who carried out the detention, apart from noting the Royal Bahamas Police Force did not respond to its questions.","People gives no weight for the suspected marijuana beyond \"very small amount\" and \"small amount\".","People says neither Ayton's lawyer nor the Royal Bahamas Police Force immediately responded to its requests for comment, and names Reuters as the source of its account of the airport incident.","TMZ gives no weight for the suspected marijuana.","TMZ is a single exclusive account, although it quotes both the Royal Bahamas Police Force's Central Division and Ayton's attorney.","ESPN cites the lawyer's statement to Reuters and gives the incident only as Tuesday, 17 February 2026, with no separate date for the detention."],"sources":[{"title":"Lakers center Deandre Ayton detained, released at Bahamas airport over suspected marijuana possession - Yahoo Sports","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/lakers-center-deandre-ayton-detained-released-at-bahamas-airport-over-suspected-marijuana-possession-041115950.html","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","date":"2026-02-18","archived":null},{"title":"Lakers' Deandre Ayton Detained on Suspicion of 'Small Amount' of Marijuana at Bahamas Airport","url":"https://people.com/lakers-deandre-ayton-detained-suspicion-marijuana-bahamas-airport-11908936","publisher":"People","date":"2026-02-18","archived":null},{"title":"Deandre Ayton Detained, Searched For Weed At Bahamas Airport, No Charges Filed","url":"https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/17/deandre-ayton-detained-alleged-marijuana-possession-bahamas/","publisher":"TMZ","date":"2026-02-17","archived":null},{"title":"Lawyer: Ayton detained in Bahamas on suspicion of marijuana possession","url":"https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47960713/ayton-detained-bahamas-suspicion-marijuana-possession","publisher":"ESPN","date":"2026-02-17","archived":null},{"title":"Lakers Center Deandre Ayton Allegedly Arrested in the Bahamas - LAmag","url":"https://lamag.com/sports/lakers-center-deandre-ayton-allegedly-arrested-in-the-bahamas/","publisher":"LAmag","date":"2026-02-18","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260219131448id_/https://lamag.com/sports/lakers-center-deandre-ayton-allegedly-arrested-in-the-bahamas/"}]},{"id":"bahamas-four-charged-jamaican-cocaine-marijuana-boat-2025","code":"CET-N50Q3J","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-four-charged-jamaican-cocaine-marijuana-boat-2025/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/N50Q3J/","date":"2025-12-07","added_at":"2026-11-09T04:20:58.2925Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"bs","country_name":"Bahamas","place":"Off the coast of Cuba, drugs bound for The Bahamas","coordinates":[22,-77],"precision":"region","type":"prosecution","also":["seizure","arrest"],"title":"Jamaican among four denied bail over 7 lb of marijuana on Bahamas-bound boat","summary":"Four men, one of them Jamaican, were denied bail in The Bahamas over an alleged plan to bring cocaine and marijuana into the country by boat. 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