Police charge two with possession of guns and drugs

(CNS): Two young men in their early twenties who were arrested last weekend after a stop and search have been charged possession of ganja and possession of unlicensed firearm. The two men appeared in Summary Court on Wednesday and were remanded in custody until Monday 18 April, when they will return to court. The men, who are aged 23 and 21, were arrested on Friday 8 April at around 8:30pm on Godfrey Nixon Way in George Town after police officers, who were conducting the stop and search as part of a proactive police operation, found the drugs and a handgun in the car the two men were travelling in.

Anyone with information on this matter or on crime taking place within the Cayman Islands may contact the George Town Police Station at 949422, or any police stations within the Cayman Islands or Crime Stoppers at 1800-TIPS.