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.
Officers of the Bahamas Drug Enforcement Unit arrested three men aged 24, 25 and 26 after searching a residence on Scott Street in Grand Bahama, police reported.[1][2]
The search took place shortly after 9:40 pm on Friday 7 August 2026.[1][2]Officers, assisted by the Mobile Division, executed a search warrant at the home.[1]They found about 1.3 pounds (0.59 kg) of suspected hydroponic marijuana and $3,295 in cash.[1][2]The Tribune reported that police valued the cannabis at $2,060 and seized the money as suspected proceeds of crime.[1]
The three men were arrested.[1][2]The report did not name them or say whether they had been charged.[1][2]
The Grand Bahama search was one of three drug operations on New Providence, Grand Bahama and Bimini on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 August in which four people were arrested and more than $21,000 of suspected marijuana products were seized, the Tribune reported.[1]
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