<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Bahamas: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/bs/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in Bahamas.</description><language>en</language><item><title>54-year-old arrested after 71-pound hydroponic marijuana seizure in Nassau</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-kemp-road-71lb-hydroponic-arrest/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-kemp-road-71lb-hydroponic-arrest/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-11-05. 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.</description></item><item><title>Man jailed eight months over 3.5 lb marijuana in New Providence</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-new-providence-3p5lb-sentence/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-new-providence-3p5lb-sentence/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-10-30. 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Ancella Evans sentenced him to eight months in prison, and the charge against co-accused Pedronique Brown was withdrawn.</description></item><item><title>Three men arrested as police seize hydroponic marijuana in Grand Bahama</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-grand-bahama-hydroponic/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-grand-bahama-hydroponic/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-08-07. 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.</description></item><item><title>Three charged after 2,380 pounds of cannabis seized near Great Inagua</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-great-inagua-2380lb-charges/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-great-inagua-2380lb-charges/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-08-04. 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.</description></item><item><title>Five arrested, including defence force officer, over 3.2 lb of marijuana</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-trinidad-avenue-3-2lb-five-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-trinidad-avenue-3-2lb-five-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-07-05. 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.</description></item><item><title>Four arrested after 1 lb hydroponic marijuana find in Colony Village</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-colony-village-hydroponic-four-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-colony-village-hydroponic-four-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-06-24. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested over firearm and hydroponic marijuana on Quakoo Street</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-quakoo-street-firearm-hydroponic-two-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-quakoo-street-firearm-hydroponic-two-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-05-20. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested after 2,576 pounds of cannabis seized off Andros</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-andros-2576lb-seizure/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-andros-2576lb-seizure/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-05-04. 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.</description></item><item><title>Lakers center Deandre Ayton detained over cannabis at Bahamas airport</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-ayton-airport-marijuana-detention/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-ayton-airport-marijuana-detention/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2026-02-17. 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.</description></item><item><title>Jamaican among four denied bail over 7 lb of marijuana on Bahamas-bound boat</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-four-charged-jamaican-cocaine-marijuana-boat-2025/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-four-charged-jamaican-cocaine-marijuana-boat-2025/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Bahamas, 2025-12-07. 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.</description></item><item><title>Three arrested, 1.4 lb of marijuana and $6,000 cash found in Nassau raids</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-miami-street-lumber-road-1-4lb-three-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-miami-street-lumber-road-1-4lb-three-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2025-06-24. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested as 500 pounds of marijuana seized on go-fast boat at Lucaya marina</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-lucaya-marina-500lb-speedboat-2025/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-lucaya-marina-500lb-speedboat-2025/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2025-02-26. 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.</description></item><item><title>Police seize $2.8m in marijuana from migrant boats in Turks and Caicos</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turks-caicos-providenciales-2-8m-marijuana-2024/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/turks-caicos-providenciales-2-8m-marijuana-2024/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2024-08-17. 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.</description></item><item><title>$131,000 of suspected marijuana found in furniture boxes at Nassau airport</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-lynden-pindling-airport-131000-marijuana-courier/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-lynden-pindling-airport-131000-marijuana-courier/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2023-10-26. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested after 2.5 pounds of suspected marijuana found in box at Freeport Harbour</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grand-bahama-freeport-harbour-2-5lb-marijuana-two-arrests-2023/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grand-bahama-freeport-harbour-2-5lb-marijuana-two-arrests-2023/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2023-06-29. 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.</description></item><item><title>Four charged in Nassau over 336 lb marijuana importation; one held without bail</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-four-charged-336lb-importation-2021/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-four-charged-336lb-importation-2021/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Prosecution</category><description>Bahamas, 2021-03-12. 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.</description></item><item><title>7 arrested after 13 bags of suspected marijuana seized in Nassau home</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-fire-trail-road-13-bags-seven-arrests/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-fire-trail-road-13-bags-seven-arrests/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2021-03-10. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two held without bail in Nassau over 554 lb of suspected marijuana</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-554lb-marijuana-two-charged-2019/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nassau-554lb-marijuana-two-charged-2019/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2019-01-09. 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.</description></item><item><title>60 ganja plants seized on Abaco; Jamaican woman and Bahamian man arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abaco-ernest-dean-highway-60-ganja-plants-two-arrested/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/abaco-ernest-dean-highway-60-ganja-plants-two-arrested/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Bahamas, 2019-01-08. 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.</description></item><item><title>Two arrested as 390 lb of marijuana seized at a Big Pond home</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-big-pond-390lb-seizure-2017/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-big-pond-390lb-seizure-2017/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2017-04-26. 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.</description></item><item><title>Six held as 5,050 pounds of marijuana seized off South Andros</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-south-andros-5050lb-opbat-2015/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-south-andros-5050lb-opbat-2015/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2015-07-15. 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.</description></item><item><title>Jamaican jailed six years over 30,000-plant Grand Bahama marijuana field</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grand-bahama-east-30000-plants-wallace-six-years/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/grand-bahama-east-30000-plants-wallace-six-years/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Sentence</category><description>Bahamas, 2014-06-04. 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.</description></item><item><title>Nine held as 3,150 pounds of marijuana seized off Eleuthera</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-eleuthera-hatchet-point-3150lb-2013/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-eleuthera-hatchet-point-3150lb-2013/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2013-10-24. 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.</description></item><item><title>Nine arrested as OPBAT seizes 1,220 pounds of marijuana on Andros</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-andros-opbat-1220lb-2013/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bahamas-andros-opbat-1220lb-2013/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Bahamas, 2013-08-28. 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.</description></item></channel></rss>