22-year-old arrested over cannabis plants in Warwick
Police on patrol in Warwick spotted suspected cannabis plants in flowerpots at a Pearman’s Hill West home on 19 August 2020 and linked them to a 22-year-old occupant. A search of his apartment found suspected cannabis and drug equipment, and he was arrested and detained.
At about 9.20am on Wednesday 19 August 2020, police officers on mobile patrol in
Warwick observed plants they believed to be cannabis growing in flowerpots at a
residence on Pearman’s Hill West.[1]A Bermuda Police Service patrol passing
the house spotted the suspected cannabis plants in flowerpots outside.[2]Following inquiries, officers determined that the flowerpot plants belonged to a
22-year-old male occupant of the residence.[2]Officers searched the
occupant’s apartment at the same residence and found a quantity of suspected
cannabis as well as drug equipment.[2]
The 22-year-old male occupant was subsequently arrested and detained by police.[2]The observation, search and arrest all took place at the home on Pearman’s
Hill West in Warwick, Bermuda.[2]Both identifications remained unconfirmed at
the time, with the plants and the indoor material described only as suspected or
believed to be cannabis.[1]
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No number of flowerpot plants, no weight for the suspected cannabis, and no description of the drug equipment was published.
No charge, court date or later outcome was reported; the man was described only as arrested and detained.
The same Royal Gazette article reports a separate airport arrest of a US national for importation the same day; that is a different event and is left out of this report.
Both accounts reproduce the Bermuda Police Service statement; no independent detail beyond that statement was found.
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.
Ty Lawes was sentenced to six years in Bermuda's Supreme Court on 7 October 2026 for importing 16,855.4 grams of cannabis resin through LF Wade International Airport on 20 July 2023, when he was 17. The judge said the sentence would have exceeded ten years had he committed the offence as an adult, even with a guilty plea.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 16.8554 kgPrison 6 years
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.
Four US cruise passengers were arrested in Bermuda after Carnival security held them over drugs including cannabis, suspected THC gummies, vape pens and carfentanil. Police said the haul was intended for distribution on the island and the four remained in custody pending charges.