Pindling drug story praised and hated

Read storyAn article connecting former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling and Columbian Drug dealer Joe Lehder has attracted praise and condemnation.

The Tribune article (available here, Part II here) suggested that pilot Chauncey Tynes was killed because he knew of the close connection between the country's first Prime Minister, Lehder and a senior police officer.

Former PLP backbencher Edmund Moxey supported the article, saying "young Bahamians need to know their history".

Political activist Paul Moss said the article was "repulsive" and a "desecration".

Full Story in The Tribune here (Page A1)