Four arrested in Warwick cannabis raid on Henry Vale Road
Bermuda police searched a residence on Henry Vale Road in Warwick shortly after 7pm on 25 May 2016 and arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of cannabis possession and cultivation. Police said a substance believed to be cannabis was found in the house and that an investigation was under way.
Four people were arrested on suspicion of cannabis possession and cultivation
after police searched a residence in Warwick.[1]Shortly after 7pm, Bermuda
Police Service executed a warrant at the address on Henry Vale Road, just off
Keith Hall Road.[1]Police said a few minutes after 7pm on a Wednesday they
executed a warrant under the authority of PACE, the Police and Criminal Evidence
Act, at the residence.[2]
After officers discovered a substance believed to be cannabis, they arrested
three men and a woman.[1]Police said an investigation was under way.[1]
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Police at the property on Henry Vale Road, Warwick, during the raid, in a photograph published with the report. Photo: Akil SimmonsPhoto details
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Source: The Royal GazetteCaption describes the scene after four people were detained following the search of the residence on Henry Vale Road. Photo: Akil SimmonsPhoto details
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Source: The Royal GazettePhotograph published with the police statement on the Henry Vale Road arrests, captioned with the date of the raid. Photo: BernewsPhoto details
No weight, plant count, area or value was published for the substance found, so no drug quantity is recorded.
The reports do not say whether the substance was confirmed as cannabis, only that it was believed to be.
The four arrested people were not named and no charges, court dates or outcomes were reported; whether the case went to court is unknown.
Both accounts rest on the same Bermuda Police Service statement, so they are not independent reporting.
Warwick is a parish and the exact coordinates of the Henry Vale Road property were not published, so the coordinates are for Warwick as a whole.
The Bernews photograph is captioned only with the date and address of the arrests and is not described as showing the seized substance.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Bernews: Police media manager Dwayne Caines said four people, three males and one female, were arrested for possession and cultivation of a substance believed to be cannabis.
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.
Ty Lawes was sentenced to six years in Bermuda's Supreme Court on 7 October 2026 for importing 16,855.4 grams of cannabis resin through LF Wade International Airport on 20 July 2023, when he was 17. The judge said the sentence would have exceeded ten years had he committed the offence as an adult, even with a guilty plea.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 16.8554 kgPrison 6 years
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.
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.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 13.88 kgPrison 6 years 6 months