Four charged in Nassau over 336 lb marijuana importation; one held without bail
Four men were arraigned in the Nassau Magistrate's Court over 336 pounds (about 152 kg) of marijuana that prosecutors said they possessed on 10 March 2021 and conspired to import. Three were granted $7,000 bail; the fourth, a Jamaican national, was remanded in custody after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk.
🇧🇸 Magistrate's Court, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
Four men were arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court in Nassau on drug trafficking
charges over 336 pounds of marijuana.[1]They appeared before Deputy Chief
Magistrate Andrew Forbes.[1]The men were charged with possession of dangerous
drugs with intent to supply, conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs, importation
of dangerous drugs and conspiracy to import dangerous drugs.[1]All four
pleaded not guilty.[1]
The prosecution alleged that on March 10, the men were found in possession of
some 336 pounds of marijuana, valued at $336,000.[1]Between March 6 and March
10, the group conspired to import drugs into the country, the prosecution said.[1]
Three of the four were granted $7,000bail with one surety and must report to
the Carmichael Road police station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.[1]They
will return to court on July 14.[1]The prosecution objected to bail for the
fourth man because he is a Jamaican and was considered a flight risk.[1]He
told the court he had come into the country the previous week for a holiday and
had been given two weeks’ stay by the Immigration Department.[1]He was
remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services and was to return to
court the following Monday for a bail inquiry.[1]
Photos and video
Police and a uniformed officer beside a pickup truck loaded with blue-wrapped packages, published with the Eye Witness News report on the four men charged over 336 pounds of marijuana.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
4
Charged
4
Cannabis
152.407 kg
Value (official estimate)
BSD 336,000
Agency
Magistrate's Court, Nassau
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (152.407 kg)
Activity
Possession, Smuggling
Charges
possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply; conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs; importation of dangerous drugs; conspiracy to import dangerous drugs
The page gives no details of where or how the marijuana was found; it says the men were found in possession of the 336 pounds on 10 March.
The article does not report the outcome of the bail inquiry for the fourth man or the July 14 hearing.
The $336,000 is a prosecution figure given with a $ sign only, recorded here as Bahamian dollars; the source does not explain how the pounds relate to the dollar amount.
The 336 pounds is converted here to about 152.4 kg; no independent weighing is reported.
Only one account of the arraignment was found; searches for follow-up coverage did not return results.
The article's photo shows police beside a truck loaded with wrapped packages but has no caption tying it specifically to this 336-pound case, so it is listed as published with the report rather than as a confirmed picture of the seizure.
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