{"id":35717,"date":"2013-05-17T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T12:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=35717"},"modified":"2013-05-17T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T12:20:04","slug":"greenslade-vows-more-web-shop-searches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/05\/greenslade-vows-more-web-shop-searches","title":{"rendered":"Greenslade Vows More Web Shop Searches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/05\/greenslade-vows-more-web-shop-searches-35717.html\/greenslade-9\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35724\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35724\" title=\"greenslade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/greenslade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/greenslade.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/greenslade-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/greenslade-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The searching of several web shops by police is the first of many such exercises, according to Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade, who revealed yesterday that police have planned several covert operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll turn up when you least expect us,\u201d Greenslade warned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when we turned up on that particular afternoon no one expected us and we arrested people,\u201d he said, referring to the exercise on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe arrested people because they were running businesses without a license and we arrested people because they were committing crimes. So yes, you\u2019ll see us again and again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police searched several web shops in the East Bay Street area.<\/p>\n<p>They closed one web shop for alleged breach of the Business License Act, but did not arrest anyone for illegal gaming and did not seize any assets.<\/p>\n<p>Following an inspection of Bahama Dreams at Okra Hill, police arrested four employees \u2014 three women and a man \u2014 and shut down the establishment for allegedly operating without a license.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Commissioner of Police Leon Bethell said police found several<br \/>\nother breaches though he did not detail what those were.<\/p>\n<p>Police also searched Island Luck on East Bay Street and Paradise Games on Balls Alley on Monday, but said there was no sign of illegal activity and both businesses had valid licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Police are also targeting other businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Bahama Dreams, police also shut down Double D&#8217;s Restaurant at the foot of the old Paradise Island Bridge for allegedly operating in breach of its liquor license.<\/p>\n<p>There have been increased calls for the police to shut down web shops in the weeks since Chief Justice Sir Michael Barnett lifted a conservatory order that protected web shops from interference by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>However, Greenslade said police have to tread carefully since the decision is being appealed. The case is expected to be heard in the Court of Appeal next Friday.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">By Krystel Rolle<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Guardian Staff Reporter<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll turn up when you least expect us,\u201d Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1605,502],"class_list":["post-35717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-web-shops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}