🇧🇸 Bahamas
RSS24 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 73
- Plants destroyed
- 30.1K
- Cannabis seized
- 7.36954 t
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- Arrest · 10
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- Sentence · 2
Reports
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54-year-old arrested after 71-pound hydroponic marijuana seizure in Nassau
Nassau police Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a St. James Road residence off Kemp Road shortly after 3 p.m. on 5 November 2026 and arrested a 54-year-old man. They seized about 71.1 pounds (32.25 kg) of suspected hydroponic marijuana, which police valued at $142,000.
Arrested 1Cannabis 32.2506 kg
Man jailed eight months over 3.5 lb marijuana in New Providence
Jamal Edgecombe, 33, pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply after 3.5 lbs of hydroponic marijuana was found in New Providence on 29 October 2026. Acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans sentenced him to eight months in prison, and the charge against co-accused Pedronique Brown was withdrawn.
Charged 2Cannabis 1.5876 kgPrison 8 months
Three men arrested as police seize hydroponic marijuana in Grand Bahama
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. Police valued the cannabis at $2,060.
Arrested 3Cannabis 589.7 gThree charged after 2,380 pounds of cannabis seized near Great Inagua
Three Bahamian men were charged after the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defence Force seized 97 bales of cannabis, about 2,380 pounds, from their vessel near Great Inagua on 25 July 2026. A magistrate denied them bail.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 1.07955 t
Five arrested, including defence force officer, over 3.2 lb of marijuana
Five people, among them a serving Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer, were arrested after Bahamas police searched a home on Trinidad Avenue in Nassau on a Sunday morning and found an unlicensed firearm, ammunition and 3.2 pounds (about 1.45 kg) of suspected marijuana. Police valued the marijuana at $3,225.
Arrested 5Cannabis 1.4515 kg
Four arrested after 1 lb hydroponic marijuana find in Colony Village
Bahamas police Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a home on Sun Glow Drive in Colony Village, Nassau, late on 24 June 2026 and arrested four people aged 20 to 46. Police said they found packaged suspected hydroponic marijuana in a bedroom and kitchen weighing about one pound, with a street value of $2,000.
Arrested 4Cannabis 453.6 g
Two arrested over firearm and hydroponic marijuana on Quakoo Street
Bahamas police officers assigned to Operation Black Scorpion searched a residence on Quakoo Street in Nassau shortly after 2 p.m. on 20 May 2026 and arrested a 29-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man. Police said they recovered an illegal firearm and suspected hydroponic marijuana, valued at more than $7,900 in all.
Arrested 2Two arrested after 2,576 pounds of cannabis seized off Andros
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.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.1685 t
Lakers center Deandre Ayton detained over cannabis at Bahamas airport
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.
Arrested 1
20253 reports
Jamaican among four denied bail over 7 lb of marijuana on Bahamas-bound boat
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. The US Coast Guard stopped the vessel off Cuba on 7 December with seven pounds of marijuana, 2,250 pounds of cocaine and a pistol aboard.
Arrested 4Charged 4Cannabis 3.175 kg
Three arrested, 1.4 lb of marijuana and $6,000 cash found in Nassau raids
Nassau police arrested a 45-year-old man and two women, aged 50 and 23, after searches at a Miami Street home and a Lumber Road residence connected to the man. Police said about 1.4 pounds of marijuana and more than $6,000 in cash were recovered, and put the drug's street value at $2,600.
Arrested 3Cannabis 635 gSites 2Cash confiscated BSD 6,000
Two arrested as 500 pounds of marijuana seized on go-fast boat at Lucaya marina
Bahamian Drug Enforcement Unit and Customs officers intercepted a 25-28ft go-fast vessel at a marina in the Lucaya area of Grand Bahama around noon on 26 February 2025 and found about 500 pounds of suspected marijuana. Two Bahamian men from New Providence, aged 35 and 38, were arrested, and police estimated the street value at $1.5 million.
Arrested 2Cannabis 226.8 kg
20241 report
Police seize $2.8m in marijuana from migrant boats in Turks and Caicos
Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force officers seized cannabis sativa worth an estimated US$2.83 million in two interceptions of migrant vessels at Bird Rock and Jones Cay on Providenciales on 16 and 17 August 2024. Fifty-six migrants were detained in the two cannabis-related landings, and police said the investigation was continuing.
20232 reports
$131,000 of suspected marijuana found in furniture boxes at Nassau airport
Officers from the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Bahamas Customs and the Department of Immigration seized suspected marijuana worth an estimated $131,000 at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau on 26 October 2023. The drugs, packed in vacuum-sealed bags, had been hidden inside three boxes of furniture shipped through a local courier company, and no arrests were made.
Two arrested after 2.5 pounds of suspected marijuana found in box at Freeport Harbour
Bahamian Drug Enforcement Unit, Bahamas Customs and K-9 officers acting on a tip searched Freeport Harbour on 29 June 2023, found a box of 2.5 pounds (1.13 kg) of suspected marijuana and arrested two men aged 61 and 59. Police estimated the street value at $2,500.
Arrested 2Cannabis 1.134 kg
20212 reports
Four charged in Nassau over 336 lb marijuana importation; one held without bail
Four men were arraigned in the Nassau Magistrate's Court over 336 pounds (about 152 kg) of marijuana that prosecutors said they possessed on 10 March 2021 and conspired to import. Three were granted $7,000 bail; the fourth, a Jamaican national, was remanded in custody after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk.
Arrested 4Charged 4Cannabis 152.407 kg7 arrested after 13 bags of suspected marijuana seized in Nassau home
Police in Nassau seized 13 bags of suspected marijuana from a home on Fire Trail Road East around 7 a.m. on 10 March 2021 and detained five men and two women. The Drug Enforcement Unit and K-9 unit carried out the search on police intelligence; no charges were reported.
Arrested 7
20192 reports
Two held without bail in Nassau over 554 lb of suspected marijuana
Nheru Newton, 44, and Edgar Bonimy, 39, were arraigned in a Nassau magistrate's court over 554 pounds (about 251 kg) of suspected marijuana found on 9 January 2019, valued at $554,000. Both pleaded not guilty, were denied bail and were remanded until 5 April, while police searched for a third man.
Charged 2Cannabis 251.29 kg60 ganja plants seized on Abaco; Jamaican woman and Bahamian man arrested
Police and immigration officers found ten pots of suspected ganja plants and 50 more plants off Ernest Dean Highway on Abaco on 8 January 2019, and arrested a 46-year-old Jamaican woman and a 44-year-old Bahamian man of Dundas Town. Police put the plants' street value at $30,000 and said investigations were continuing.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 60
20171 report
Two arrested as 390 lb of marijuana seized at a Big Pond home
Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a house on Water Street in the Big Pond community of New Providence on 26 April 2017 and found 390 pounds (about 177 kg) of suspected marijuana. A Bahamian man and a Jamaican woman were arrested, and police put the street value at $390,000.
Arrested 2Cannabis 176.9 kg
20151 report
Six held as 5,050 pounds of marijuana seized off South Andros
Six men were taken into custody after Bahamian police and U.S. agents intercepted a go-fast boat carrying 5,050 pounds (about 2,291 kg) of marijuana in waters off Kemps Bay, South Andros, which the Coast Guard valued at $4.6 million wholesale. Seven men were later charged, and one was sentenced to 26 months in jail after pleading guilty.
Arrested 6Charged 7Cannabis 2.29064 tPrison 26 months
20141 report
Jamaican jailed six years over 30,000-plant Grand Bahama marijuana field
A Bahamian magistrate sentenced Errol Wallace, 49, a Jamaican, to six years in prison after he admitted growing more than 30,000 marijuana plants for sale in East Grand Bahama, a crop valued at $3.2 million. His alleged accomplice, Daron Anderson, 38, of Freeport, denied a conspiracy charge and was to stand trial on July 8, 2014.
Arrested 2Charged 2Plants destroyed 30,000Prison 6 years
20132 reports
Nine held as 3,150 pounds of marijuana seized off Eleuthera
U.S. and Bahamian agents arrested nine people and seized 3,150 pounds (about 1,429 kg) of marijuana after a go-fast boat was spotted dropping packages near Hatchet Point on Eleuthera Island. The Coast Guard valued the load at more than $3 million wholesale.
Arrested 9Cannabis 1.4288 t
Nine arrested as OPBAT seizes 1,220 pounds of marijuana on Andros
A joint DEA, U.S. Coast Guard and Bahamian task force seized 1,220 pounds (about 553 kg) of marijuana hidden in the mangroves of Andros Island on 28 August 2013. The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested nine suspects after a Coast Guard helicopter spotted the stash; the Coast Guard valued the haul at $1.1 million wholesale.
Arrested 9Cannabis 553.38 kg
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