Yemariam Teshome, 21, denies $1m cannabis import in Bermuda
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.
🇧🇲 Supreme Court, Hamilton, Bermuda
- Charged
- 1
- Value (official estimate)
- BMD 1,000,000
Yemariam Teshome, 21, a Canadian resident of Ontario, appeared in Bermuda’s
Supreme Court and pleaded not guilty to charges that she conspired with others
not before the court to import cannabis into Bermuda between an unknown date and
21 June 2026.[1] She also denied a charge that she possessed a quantity of the
drug with intent to supply on that same date.[1] The Royal Gazette reported
that she is accused of smuggling more than $1 million of cannabis into the
island.[1]
Puisne Judge Alan Richards said the quantity of drugs seized in the case could
be valued at more than $1 million depending on how it was sold.[1] He
adjourned the matter until 11 December to be mentioned and set a fixed trial
date for 15 February.[1]
The importation charge covers a period that begins on an unknown date and ends
on 21 June 2026.[1]
Sources
- Canadian denies plot to smuggle cannabis. The Royal Gazette, 31 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the plea hearing; 31 October 2026 is its publication date.
- No weight or quantity for the cannabis was published; the only value is the judge's estimate that the seized drugs could be worth more than $1 million depending on how they were sold.
- The article does not say whether Teshome is in custody or on bail.
- The trial date is given as 15 February without a year; a mention is listed for 11 December.
- No co-conspirator is named and the account does not say how the cannabis was allegedly brought into Bermuda.
- Only one account of the hearing, in The Royal Gazette, could be found.
- The page's lead image is a stock Supreme Court graphic rather than a photograph of Teshome or the hearing, so no media is listed.