Family Islands
Drugs and firearms seized on mailboat from Bimini
By Stephen Dean, RBPF
Jun 4, 2016 - 4:54:28 PM

Bimini, Bahamas - Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Plan for 2016, a team of officers from the Firearms Tracing and Investigations Unit took into custody five adult males and an adult female following the discovery of a quantity of dangerous drugs and a firearm on a mailboat on Friday 3rd June 2016.

Reports are that shortly before 9:00am, a team of officers from the Firearms Tracing and Investigations Unit acting on intelligence, went onboard mailboat from Bimini moored at Potters Cay Dock, where they conducted a search an uncovered 8 pounds of marijuana in a storage bin and a glock pistol with 9 rounds of ammunition in a suitcase. The five adult males and the adult female were subsequently arrested in connection with this discovery.

POLICE ARE URGING ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION REGARDING ANY CRIME, NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT (THE TIP) MAY SEEM, IS URGED TO ANONYMOUSLY CONTACT THE POLICE AT 919 OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 328-TIPS (8477) (NEW PROVIDENCE) OR 1-242-300-8477 (FAMILY ISLANDS)

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