Coral Harbour Base, 03 JAN. ‘19 (RBDF):A joint operation between the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Bahamas Immigration Department and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force resulted in the apprehension of 54 Haitian nationals in the Abacos on Thursday afternoon. Some 29 migrants were apprehended aboard a conventional sailing yacht near the entrance of Man O War Cay, […]
Two American citizens one (1) male and one (1) female are in Police custody after they were found in possession of suspected drugs and weapons by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines on Friday afternoon. While on patrol shortly after 12:00 pm, Patrol craft P-115, coxswained by Leading Seaman William Burns conducted a […]
At a Special sitting of Magistrate Courts on Friday past at the Remand Centre at the Department of Correctional Services, 46 Dominicans changed their Pleas from “Not Guilty” to that of “guilty” on charges related to illegal fishing in Bahamian waters. The Dominican nationals received were previously charged before the courts on July 12 after […]
Two Dominican fishermen are on the way to the capital by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force after they were apprehended for fishing in Bahamian waters on Wednesday afternoon. While on routine patrol, HMBS Lignum Vitae, under the command of Senior Lieutenant Bertram Bowleg intercepted a Dominican skiff with 2 Dominicans onboard in the southern Bahamas. […]
A second group of Haitian migrants were charged before the courts in Inagua after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters on Sunday past by the US Coast Guard in collaboration with Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. The migrants (97 males, 23 females), all pleaded guilty to illegal landing before Magistrate kara […]
The boarding team from HMBS Durward Knowles assisted the US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Northland with disembarking Haitian migrants at Matthew Town, Inagua earlier today. As part of a joint maritime interdiction effort between the Defence Force, Operation Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) and the US Coast Guard, the USCG Cutter Northland intercepted 120 migrants aboard a Haitian […]
Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines apprehended two males suspected of having a quantity of drugs on Sunday afternoon. While conducting a routine search on Waderick Wells Cay, also known as the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Defence Force Marines assigned to the area, along with the Park Warden found a large quantity of suspected […]
Coral Harbour Base, 05 JUN ‘18 (RBDF): A man believed to be responsible for a house and car break-ins was apprehended by Marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Tuesday Morning. The Marines were conducting Coastal Surveillance Patrol in south New Providence when they observed a young man running away from another male. The […]
An ongoing search for additional migrants is currently being conducted after several Haitian migrants were apprehended in a combined effort between Police, Immigration and Defence officials early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight, a 35-ft a Haitian sloop made landfall off Venice Bay, South New Providence. Efforts by security forces resulted in the capture of 26 […]
Another group of Haitian migrants are now in custody, following a joint interdiction effort by local law enforcement and members of the Inaguan community after the vessel landed on Lantern Head Point near the southeast coast of Great Inagua after 8 pm last night. Just prior to this incident, a Defence Force patrol craft and […]
Audio With Image
May 25, 2013
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT ASSIST FORMER MARINE...
April 3, 2023
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORPORATION PAYS COURTESY...
March 31, 2023
WARRANT OFFICERS AND SENIOR RATES...
March 31, 2023
Stay Connected