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An undetermined number of migrants were intercepted in Bahamian water aboard a Haitian sailing sloop early this morning as part of a joint maritime effort between the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Operations Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT). Information received by the Defence Force Intelligence Section in collaboration with The Bahamas Immigration Department was shared […]

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force reassures the general public and the local fishing community of its commitment to maintaining a strong presence within our maritime domain to safeguard the people of The Bahamas against recent threats of harm. These threats were made by way of social media earlier this week after the Royal Bahamas Defence […]

Commander Defence Force, Commodore Tellis Bethel, along with the Executive Command, Officers, Command Warrant Officer, Warrant Officers, Noncommissioned Officers, Marines, Defence Force Rangers, joined the country in celebrating its 45th anniversary on Monday night. The Officers and Marines joined in with partner security Forces and uniformed branches on Clifford Park in solidarity to help make the occasion unforgettable. […]

Less than a week after they were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, 46 Dominican fishermen were charged before the courts on Thursday afternoon in New Providence for poaching in Bahamian waters. The Dominican nationals all appeared before Magistrate Cara Turnquest in Court #2 and were charged with: (1) Illegal Foreign fishing. (2) Possession […]

Royal Bahamas Defence Force Patrol Craft P-45 brought the 46 Dominican fishermen into the Coral Harbour Base shortly after 2:00 am Monday morning. They were apprehended in the area of Cay Lobos on Sunday morning by Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship (HMBS) Madeira onboard a 70-foot steel hull Dominican Fishing Vessel ‘Ronnie’, with a large quantity […]

A US Coast Guard OPBAT helicopter spotted 6 Haitian migrants on the North shore of Inagua earlier this morning. Those migrants were airlifted to Matthew Town. Several additional migrants were found in the nearby bushes by the local community and law enforcement agencies, and Royal Bahamas Defence Force personnel following a combined search of the […]

Royal Bahamas Defence Force Marines apprehended a foreign fishing vessel with fishery products onboard on Friday afternoon within the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. While conducting a routine patrol approximately one and a half miles southeast of Warderick Wells Cay within the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Defence Force Marines assigned to the […]

A total of 46 Haitian migrants were charged before the courts in Nassau after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters on Tuesday past by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. The migrants, (38 males, 8 females) all pleaded guilty to illegal landing before Magistrate Carolyn Evans on Thursday. Two of the migrants were repeat […]