Father and daughter charged over $6.2m cannabis and shatter import into Bermuda
David Mathias, 67, and Danielle Mathias, 36, were charged in Bermuda's Magistrates' Court with importing cannabis and THC or shatter allegedly brought in on 10 May 2020, which the Crown valued at an estimated $6.2 million. Neither had to plead because the case goes to the Supreme Court; both were freed on $50,000 bail to the May arraignments.
David Mathias, 67, and Danielle Mathias, 36, were charged in Bermuda’s
Magistrates’ Court with importing cannabis and THC or shatter.[1]Neither
entered a plea because the case must be heard in the Supreme Court.[1]Carrington Mahoney, for the Crown, said the substances were allegedly imported
on 10 May 2020.[1]The Crown put the street value of the substances at an
estimated $6.2 million.[1]Mr Mathias is from Warwick and Ms Mathias from
Devonshire.[1]
Senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson released the pair on $50,000bail with a
surety until the May arraignment session.[1]She also ordered them to
surrender all travel documents and to report to Hamilton Police Station twice a
week.[1]TNN Bermuda identified the two as father and daughter appearing in
court on 28 March 2025.[2]TNN reported that the Crown put the shatter at an
estimated street value of $6 million and the cannabis at nearly $41,000.[2]TNN said the pair must report to Hamilton Police Station every Monday and
Thursday between 8am and 6pm.[2]TNN gave the younger defendant’s age as 37
and said the case was adjourned to the arraignment session on 1 May.[2]
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The Crown's estimate is the only value published; no weight is given for the cannabis or the shatter.
Neither account says how the substances were brought into Bermuda, where they were seized or from where they were imported.
Danielle Mathias's age is given as 36 by The Royal Gazette and 37 by TNN, and the sources differ on the split of the estimate: the Royal Gazette gives one combined $6.2 million figure while TNN attributes $6 million to the shatter and nearly $41,000 to the cannabis.
The arraignment is set for the May session, which TNN dates as 1 May; no plea, indictment or Supreme Court trial date is reported.
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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.
A Bermuda Supreme Court jury unanimously acquitted Sandra Marrero-Guzman, 37, of conspiring to import cannabis and possessing it with intent to supply after customs found 12,876 grams of the drug in her suitcase at LF Wade International Airport in June 2025. The Crown had valued the haul at $1.3 million.
Ty Lawes, 19, of Pembroke was charged in Bermuda's Magistrates' Court with importing more than 16kg of cannabis resin, worth between $1 million and $3.3 million, and possessing it with intent to supply. Magistrate Auralee Cassidy released him on $50,000 bail with a surety until the case reaches the Supreme Court.