California man jailed two years for importing 1.3 kg of cannabis
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.
🇧🇲 St George's, Bermuda
- Cannabis
- 1.336 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- BMD 133,620
Magistrate Craig Attridge jailed Silamon Safi for two years on 7 October 2026 for importing cannabis into Bermuda and for having it with intent to supply.[1] The Royal Gazette reported the next morning that Safi, 26, of California, had admitted the offences and that the cannabis weighed 1,336.2 grams, which the Crown valued at 133,620 dollars on the island if sold by the gram.[1] The offences were committed on 18 April in St George’s.[1][2]
He also received three months for possessing oxycodone, to run at the same time, and a 300 dollar fine taken from cash he had on arrival.[1] Time in custody since April was to be counted.[1] Prosecutors did not proceed with a charge that he had imported the oxycodone.[1]
When he pleaded guilty on 3 June, he denied importing oxycodone and possessing it with intent to supply.[2] Senior magistrate Maxanne Anderson had sent the case back from the Supreme Court to the magistrates’ court and remanded him for reports.[2]
Sources
- Drug smuggler handed two-year jail term. The Royal Gazette, 8 October 2026. Archived copy.
- American admits smuggling cannabis. The Royal Gazette, 4 June 2026. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Royal Gazette does not say how the cannabis was carried or whether anyone else was charged.
- In June he denied importing oxycodone and possessing it with intent to supply. By the sentence the Crown had dropped the importation count and he was sentenced for possessing the opioid.
- The street value of 133,620 dollars is the Crown's figure if the cannabis were sold by the gram. The currency is not named in the report.
- Both Royal Gazette stories use the same preview image, which is not a photograph of this case, so it is not listed.
