7 arrested after 13 bags of suspected marijuana seized in Nassau home
Police in Nassau seized 13 bags of suspected marijuana from a home on Fire Trail Road East around 7 a.m. on 10 March 2021 and detained five men and two women. The Drug Enforcement Unit and K-9 unit carried out the search on police intelligence; no charges were reported.
🇧🇸 Fire Trail Road East, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Arrested
7
Agencies
Drug Enforcement Unit, Royal Bahamas Police Force K-9 Unit
Police seized 13 bags of suspected marijuana from a home on Fire Trail Road East
in Nassau early on Wednesday 10 March 2021.[1]Officers from the Drug
Enforcement Unit and the K-9 unit searched the home with a warrant, acting on
police intelligence.[1]
Five Bahamian men and two women, all believed to be in their late 20s to early
40s, were taken into custody to help the investigation.[1]
Police Press Liaison Audley Peters said everyone in the house was a suspect
because the drugs were found in the residence.[1]Peters warned people
involved in such crimes that the police intelligence network was working and
that more results like these would follow.[1]
Photos and video
Suspected marijuana seized at a home on Fire Trail Road East, Nassau, on Wednesday 10 March 2021. Photo: Eye Witness NewsPhoto details
No weight was published for the 13 bags, so no kilogram figure can be recorded.
No charges, court date or outcome were reported, and police said the arrests were to assist the investigation.
The article accounts for the seven detainees but gives no further court-stage coverage; four men were later reported arraigned over a Fire Trail Road drug bust, but that page could not be opened, so it is not used here.
The suspects were described as Bahamian and believed to be in their late 20s to early 40s, with no names released.
The 13 bags were described only as suspected marijuana, with no laboratory result published.
The photo is a screen capture published with the story; its credit is not stated.
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