{"id":349416,"date":"2026-06-12T00:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=349416"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:19:37","slug":"5-american-cruise-passengers-arrested-after-port-fight-in-bahamas-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/5-american-cruise-passengers-arrested-after-port-fight-in-bahamas-national\/","title":{"rendered":"5 American cruise passengers arrested after port fight in Bahamas &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Authorities within the Bahamas say they&#8217;ve arrested five American cruise ship passengers after a fight on the port in Nassau followed by a \u201cviolent struggle\u201d with police.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1430621692426687&#038;set=pcb.1430621789093344&#038;locale=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Bahamas Police Force<\/a> said tourism law enforcement officials arrested the five United States nationals, three females and two males, for several offences following an incident on the Nassau Cruise Port on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn keeping with preliminary reports, shortly after 4:45 p.m., law enforcement officials were alerted to a physical altercation involving several cruise ship passengers inside the Nassau Cruise Port area. Officers responded and, with the help of additional personnel, intervened and took three females and two males into custody. The complainant was subsequently invited to the police station to supply an official statement,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11339237_6a2b06629e5ca\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11339237\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11339237\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11339237_6a2b06629e5ca\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data='{\"content\":{\"name\":\"2 U.S. tourists drown in separate incidents on Carnival Cruises resort\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\",\"national\",\"us-news\"],\"keywords\":[\"carnival-cruise-ships\",\"death\",\"passenger\",\"travel\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Law and Government\",\"Law and Government\/Public Safety\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Arrest\",\"Cruise line\",\"Cruise ship\",\"Hospital\",\"Injury\",\"Nassau, Bahamas\",\"New Providence\",\"Police\",\"Police officer\",\"Police station\",\"Port\",\"Royal Bahamas Police Force\",\"Ship\",\"The Bahamas\",\"United States\"]}}}'>\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '2 U.S. tourists drown in separate incidents on Carnival Cruises resort'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/uvwaj9epub-hqo9g3c3g2\/Sequence_23.00_00_02_25.Still001.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:18<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">2 U.S. tourists drown in separate incidents on Carnival Cruises resort<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Officials said that upon arrival on the station, officers prepared to go looking the arrested individuals and through the process, \u201ca violent struggle reportedly ensued between officers and the five suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOne female suspect allegedly threw a chair through a southern glass door, causing it to shatter. A male suspect then allegedly kicked out the remaining glass and attempted to flee, but was immediately subdued by officers,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Additional police units were requested to help in restoring order, police added.<\/p>\n<p>A video, <a href=\"https:\/\/ournews.bs\/four-officers-injured-after-confrontation-with-american-tourists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by Our News Bahamas<\/a>, appears to point out several people being shoved to the bottom and a person climbing out of a damaged door before police restrain him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Trending<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The five cruise passengers sustained minor injuries through the initial altercation on the cruise port and were treated for minor injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_4032822_6a2b0662a4877\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"4032822\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/4032822\/#autoplay&#038;stickyiframe=miniplayer_4032822_6a2b0662a4877\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\" data-permutive-data=\"{\"content\":{\"name\":\"Violent brawl erupts aboard 'Carnival Legend' cruise ship in Australia\",\"type\":\"video\",\"sections\":[\"videos\"],\"keywords\":[\"australia\",\"carnival-legend\",\"cruise-ship\",\"cruise-ship-brawl\",\"cruise-ship-fight\",\"melbourne\",\"violence\"],\"iab\":{\"categories\":[\"Law and Government\",\"Law and Government\/Public Safety\",\"Sensitive Subjects\"],\"tags\":[\"Arrest\",\"Cruise line\",\"Cruise ship\",\"Hospital\",\"Injury\",\"Nassau, Bahamas\",\"New Providence\",\"Police\",\"Police officer\",\"Police station\",\"Port\",\"Royal Bahamas Police Force\",\"Ship\",\"The Bahamas\",\"United States\"]}}}\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Violent brawl erupts aboard \u2018Carnival Legend\u2019 cruise ship in Australia'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/499\/730\/cruiseship_848x480_1164469827861.jpg?w=1040&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:16<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Violent brawl erupts aboard \u2018Carnival Legend\u2019 cruise ship in Australia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause of this of the confrontation on the police station, several officers\u2019 uniforms were damaged, and 4 officers sustained various injuries. Two officers were reportedly struck concerning the body, while one other suffered a laceration to the mouth. The fourth officer sustained a serious injury to his left shoulder and was transported to the hospital by ambulance for medical treatment,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Police said the injured officer\u2019s condition was not known on the time of the discharge and didn&#8217;t name the suspects, cruise ship or cruise line they were sailing with.<\/p>\n<p>The five suspects remain in custody and police said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities within the Bahamas say they&#8217;ve arrested five American cruise ship passengers after a fight on the port in Nassau followed by a \u201cviolent struggle\u201d with police. 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