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ILLEGAL FISHING VESSELS ‘WE’RE COMING FOR YOU’ ‘We don’t want pirates’ who disregard our laws and our country By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net INVESTIGATORS are warning “hundreds” of suspected illegal foreign fishing charter operators that “we’re coming for you”, with Bahamian fishermen asserting: “We don’t want pirates and folks that don’t give a damn about our country.” Mike Cenci, who has spent three decades investigating prohibited fisheries practices, and was part of the operation behind last week’s apprehension of a vessel suspected of conducting illegal sports fishing charters in Bahamian waters, told Tribune
Business such activities are “out of control” and it will take time for law enforcement and its partners “to turn this around”. Hailing The Bahamas for cracking down on such practices, with the latest apprehension marking the third such vessel seizure in just 13 months, he voiced optimism that - as word of the latest vessel seizure spreads among the Florida and US boating community - “the bad guys will realise the risk is not worth the reward and are hopefully deterred”. A senior law enforcement advisor for WildAid,
WEAPONS, fishing rods, vapes, suspected cannabis and fish were among items found on a US-registered fishing vessel seized in Exuma last week when the Royal Bahaman Defence Force, the Royal Bahamas Police Force and other agencies arrested two Americans for alleged illegal sports fishing.
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SANDS WARNS VOTERS BEWARE OF CAMPAIGN-SEASON PROMISES
Police probe string of armed robberies across New Providence
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
FNM chairman and former minister of health Duane Sands warned voters to be cautious about campaign-season promises, suggesting the Davis
administration would borrow heavily to finance short-term commitments aimed at winning support. Dr Sands spoke with The Tribune on Friday in response to recent comments by Minister of PROMISES - SEE PAGE SEVEN
FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands.
POLICE are probing a string of robberies and attempted robberies across New Providence on Saturday night, as armed suspects targeted
motorists and business establishments in a matter of hours. The first incident occurred shortly after 8pm at a business on Village Road, where a female employee was confronted by the occupants of a dark-coloured vehicle.
Police say one male suspect brandished a firearm and attempted to rob the employee and remove the cash register. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the suspects fled west along Bernard Road. ROBBERIES - SEE PAGE FIVE
US seeks five-year prison term for terminally ill former officer Bahamian By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Digital Editor aturnquest@tribunemedia.net UNITED STATES prosecutors are urging a federal judge to impose a prison sentence of at least five years on former Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer Darrin Roker when he is sentenced on Wednesday, arguing that despite his advanced cancer
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diagnosis, his role in a major cocaine trafficking conspiracy warrants significant punishment. In a sentencing submission filed on January 14 ahead of sentencing, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said the former chief petty officer abused his position of public trust to SENTENCE - SEE PAGE FIVE
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DARRIN ROKER
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