Bermuda couple deny cannabis and cocaine supply charges over 69 g
Josephine Limberopoulis, 34, and her husband Salih Burns, 32, of Paget deny having cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply, after allegedly being found with almost 69 grams of cannabis and five grams of cocaine in Pembroke. A Bermuda magistrate released both on $8,000 bail until 15 October.
Josephine Limberopoulis, 34, pleaded not guilty in Bermuda’s Magistrates’ Court
to having cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply, and her husband Salih
Burns, 32, had already denied the charges at an earlier appearance.[1]
The couple, from Paget, are alleged to have had five grams of cocaine and almost
69 grams of cannabis in Pembroke on 2 August 2024.[1]Burns also denied a
separate charge of having a folding saw with a blade longer than three inches in
public on the same date.[1]
Magistrate Maria Sofianos adjourned the case until 15 October and released both
defendants on $8,000bail.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
2
Cannabis
69 g
Agency
Magistrates' Court
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (69 g)
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
possession of cannabis with intent to supply; possession of cocaine with intent to supply; having a folding saw with a blade longer than three inches in public
The article gives no separate date for the hearing; 24 September 2025 is used because it says Limberopoulis denied the charges 'yesterday' and was published on 25 September.
The cannabis weight is given only as 'almost 69 grams', so 0.069 kg is used as an approximation.
The account does not say where in Pembroke the drugs were allegedly found, only the parish, so the setting is recorded as a public place.
The five grams of cocaine is part of the same case but is not a cannabis figure and is recorded only in the text.
The article does not say what happened at the 15 October adjournment, whether the case was sent to the Supreme Court, or what penalty the charges could carry.
Only The Royal Gazette account could be found; no police statement or second outlet report was opened for this case.
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