Jamaican jailed six years over 30,000-plant Grand Bahama marijuana field
A Bahamian magistrate sentenced Errol Wallace, 49, a Jamaican, to six years in prison after he admitted growing more than 30,000 marijuana plants for sale in East Grand Bahama, a crop valued at $3.2 million. His alleged accomplice, Daron Anderson, 38, of Freeport, denied a conspiracy charge and was to stand trial on July 8, 2014.
Errol Wallace, a 49-year-old Jamaican, was sentenced to six years in prison
after admitting that he grew more than 30,000 marijuana plants for sale in East
Grand Bahama.[1]His alleged accomplice, 38-year-old Daron Anderson of
Freeport, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to possess
dangerous drugs with intent to supply and was to stand trial on July 8.[1]The
two appeared before Magistrate Andrew Forbes in Court Eight in New Providence.[2]
Wallace pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to
supply and four other charges: cultivation of dangerous drugs, possession of
dangerous drugs with intent to supply, possession of a prohibited weapon and
possession of ammunition.[1]The charges stem from a marijuana field found in
East Grand Bahama on May 31, 2014.[1]The prosecutor told the court that
officers acting on information went to the Bell Channel Inn around 5.25am on May
31, questioned Wallace and, on his directions, went to a site in East Grand
Bahama where they found the suspected marijuana field.[1]Inside a tent on the
property, officers found $350 in cash, 16 bullets, a Kel-Tec semi-automatic
pistol and a passport belonging to Wallace, the court heard.[1]
Wallace was convicted of all five charges and given two years for conspiracy,
cultivation and possession of ammunition, five years for possession of dangerous
drugs with intent to supply and six years for the prohibited weapon.[1]The
sentences were to run concurrently, and Magistrate Forbes told Wallace he could
appeal to the Court of Appeal.[1]
On June 5, 2014, the day after Wallace was sentenced, the Tribune reported that
both men had been charged and had pleaded not guilty, and that they were
remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison until July 30 for trial.[2]
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Darron Anderson and Errol Wallace, captioned by the Tribune photo gallery as 'Darron Anderson and Errol Wallace'. Photo: The TribunePhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Plants destroyed
30,000
Prison
6 years
Value (official estimate)
BSD 3,200,000
Agency
Drug Enforcement Unit
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (30,000 plants)
Activity
Cultivation, Possession, Sale
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Charges
conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply; cultivation of dangerous drugs; possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply; possession of a prohibited weapon; possession of ammunition
The 30,000-plant figure comes from the sentencing report as the quantity to which Wallace admitted; no separate area figure was published.
The report does not say what happened at Daron Anderson's trial on July 8, 2014.
The $3.2 million is the value stated in the sentencing report, without saying whether it is a police estimate.
The 5 June 2014 article reported that both men pleaded not guilty and were remanded until July 30 for trial, while the 4 June article reports Wallace's guilty plea the same day; the timing of the two court appearances is not clear from the two accounts.
The two articles share the same reporter and give differing spellings of the co-accused's name (Darren Earl Anderson and Daron Anderson).
No laboratory confirmation of the cannabis was reported; the material is described as suspected marijuana.
Wallace was also found with $350, 16 bullets and a Kel-Tec pistol; the report does not give the cash amount in figures because it was not seized as cannabis proceeds.
Nassau police Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a St. James Road residence off Kemp Road shortly after 3 p.m. on 5 November 2026 and arrested a 54-year-old man. They seized about 71.1 pounds (32.25 kg) of suspected hydroponic marijuana, which police valued at $142,000.
Jamal Edgecombe, 33, pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply after 3.5 lbs of hydroponic marijuana was found in New Providence on 29 October 2026. Acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans sentenced him to eight months in prison, and the charge against co-accused Pedronique Brown was withdrawn.
Bahamas police Drug Enforcement Unit officers searched a Scott Street residence in Grand Bahama shortly after 9:40 pm on 7 August 2026, found about 1.3 pounds (0.59 kg) of suspected hydroponic marijuana and $3,295 in cash, and arrested three men aged 24, 25 and 26. Police valued the cannabis at $2,060.
Three Bahamian men were charged after the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Bahamas Defence Force seized 97 bales of cannabis, about 2,380 pounds, from their vessel near Great Inagua on 25 July 2026. A magistrate denied them bail.
