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Police seize 450lbs of ganja from GT apartments

Police seize 450lbs of ganja from GT apartments

| 28/03/2024

(CNS) Police have arrested three men after seizing around 450lbs of suspected ganja in several packages following a bust yesterday near Seymour Drive in the industrial area of George Town. The RCIPS said that police officers were conducting enquiries in the area when they detected the strong scent of ganja from an address where several […]

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Driver arrested after road workers seriously injured

Driver arrested after road workers seriously injured

| 27/03/2024

(CNS): A 35-year-old man from George Town has been arrested for dangerous driving offences after the car he was driving knocked down two men working on the Linford Pierson Highway on Tuesday afternoon. The arrested man was given a breath test, which was negative. According to the RCIPS, initial investigations indicate that the driver, who […]

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Road workers struck by speeding car on LPH

Road workers struck by speeding car on LPH

| 26/03/2024 | 54 Comments

(CNS): Two men who were working on the expansion of the Linford Pierson Highway were taken to hospital today after they were knocked down by a car. This latest road accident, which occurred around lunchtime Tuesday, comes just a few days into the RCIPS Easter road safety campaign and its crackdown on rogue drivers. The […]

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Suspected sex offender wanted by police

Suspected sex offender wanted by police

| 25/03/2024

(CNS): The RCIPS is asking the public to help them track down Cedric Everton Ellis (52), a resident of George Town, who is wanted in relation to serious sexual assault incidents. Ellis has a dark brown complexion and is around 5’9″ with a stocky build. Police said he is a heavy equipment driver by profession; […]

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Shutter fitter jailed for five years for fraud on clients

Shutter fitter jailed for five years for fraud on clients

| 25/03/2024 | 17 Comments

(CNS): Garfield Antonio Robb, who was convicted of nine counts of obtaining property by deception last year, has been jailed for five years after conning clients out of at least $15,400 over a period of almost seven years between 2014 and 2020. Robb was convicted after trial for various scams, including accepting money for jobs […]

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Webb’s sentence on hold as FIFA case on appeal

Webb’s sentence on hold as FIFA case on appeal

| 22/03/2024 | 15 Comments

(CNS): Almost nine years after Jeffery Webb was arrested along with 13 other football, marketing and media executives in Zurich in the massive FIFA corruption case brought by the US Department of Justice, his sentencing has been postponed yet again. He was due to go before a judge to finalise his case last month, but […]

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US male visitors charged over credit card fraud

US male visitors charged over credit card fraud

| 22/03/2024

(CNS) UPDATED: Police officers investigating credit card fraud have now charged three men from the United States with three counts each of obtaining property by deception inregards to several purchases totalling over CI$50,000. The men were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of obtaining property by deception. The RCIPS said yesterday that the men, aged 32, […]

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Traffic cops to lead Easter road safety campaign

Traffic cops to lead Easter road safety campaign

| 21/03/2024 | 27 Comments

(CNS): Police will clamp down on rogue road users over the Easter Holidays in a targeted safety campaign to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on Cayman’s roads. Between Friday, 22 March, and Friday, 5 April, there will be an increase in visible policing initiatives and traffic enforcement across the islands. The campaign will focus on […]

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Killers ‘deeply remorseful’ as they await sentence

Killers ‘deeply remorseful’ as they await sentence

| 21/03/2024 | 41 Comments

(CNS): Lawyers representing Justin Kyle Jackson (25) and Eric Brian Williams Soto (23) told the court their clients were “deeply remorseful” about the death of Harry Elliott (63), who was shot and killed by Jackson during an attempted robbery at an illegal numbers shop on School Road in April 2022. In November last year, Jackson […]

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Four accused of sophisticated $500k+ bank burglary

Four accused of sophisticated $500k+ bank burglary

| 20/03/2024

(CNS): Almost eight years after burglars made off with over CI$500,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in George Town in a sophisticated inside job, prosecutors opened their case against four people on Tuesday after a long and complex police inquiry involving “cutting edge investigatory techniques”. David Samuel Bodden Jr, who worked at the […]

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Suspect flees after chopping man in Camana Bay

Suspect flees after chopping man in Camana Bay

| 19/03/2024 | 64 Comments

(CNS): The RCIPS has reported three violent incidents over the weekend. A man was chopped with a machete during a fight on Market Street in Camana Bay, George Town, around 7:40pm on Saturday night. The police were told that the men, who were known to each other, engaged in an altercation, during which one of […]

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