Four Arrested And $1.9M In Cannabis Seized
Four people have been arrested after warrants were executed at a business and residences, and a container shipment and cannabis “with an estimated street value of $BDA 1.9 million” was seized.
A police spokesperson said, “On Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, The Bermuda Police Service [BPS], conducted a joint Operation with H.M. Customs.
“The BPS Drugs Unit, assisted by the Financial Crime Unit and Tactical Division executed warrants at a business in the City of Hamilton and residences in the Devonshire and Pembroke Parishes.
“During the operation a container shipment was seized. A subsequent search of the container led to several packages containing the suspected controlled drug cannabis, with an estimated street value of $BDA 1.9 million being seized.
“Four persons have been arrested in relation to this Operation.”
Detective Superintendent [Ag] Sherwin Joseph who is in charge of the Crime Division stated: “This operation has disrupted the illegal activities of a well-organized crime group here in Bermuda, and has dealt a severe blow to their well-established illegal importation pipeline. We are thankful for the partnership with HM Customs, who assisted us with this operation”.
The spokesperson added, “An Island Construction Services truck was contracted to assist with removing the container to a secure location so that it could be properly searched. No one associated with Island Construction Services was arrested or interviewed in relation to this operation. The BPS Drug Unit will continue this investigation which is now at a critical stage and no further information will be provided at this time”.
Amazing how their is never any big cocaine or heroine busts. Must be too much money or too big a player involved…starts sipping tea…
Pretty sure the third one in the article contradicts your comment. Maybe you should stop your tea and stop commenting
https://bernews.com/2022/11/warrant-executed-six-arrested-drugs-seized/
Your talking about a powder which a million dollars worth could fit in a school bag lol. Weed is the easiest thing to catch and the only way to bring in his through a connection at customs. Ask yourself who owns a shipping container not 20-30 year old that’s for sure. It’s a whole generation of seniors who regularly flood the island with drugs. But the police will send young men to jail for possession of way smaller amounts smh. But without the drug dealers in bermuda the economy would come to grinding hault. Because they spend cash not credit like regular people do, and a economy cannot run on debt alone
Past and present MPs, and their families, are not subject to a customs search.
Think about it.
It’s crazy during these times people are still being locked up for weed. Give me a break.
I don’t know about the rest of Bermuda, but I know I feel so much safer knowing this harmless plant is off our precious streets. Now let me go down the road and buy some alcohol and cigarettes, which as we all know are much safer. Cigarettes, alcohol, pharmaceutical drugs, etc kill hundreds of thousands of people annually, but that’s fine and legal, because we all know which people own all those products.
Something stinks in the below:
The spokesperson added, “An Island Construction Services truck was contracted to assist with removing the container to a secure location so that it could be properly searched. No one associated with Island Construction Services was arrested or interviewed in relation to this operation.