Archive for June 5th, 2017
Ex-firefighter was on year-long paid leave in gun case
(CNS): Officials from the home affairs ministry confirmed that Fabian Thompson was on paid leave for more than a year after he was charged in May last year for possession of an imitation firearm with intent. The ministry stated that he had been advised in writing on Thursday, 1 June 2017, some four weeks after he […]
Police seize heroin in drug bust
(CNS): The RCIPS said that officers who carried out a pre-planned drug operation at an apartment in the Safe Haven area on Friday morning seized not only ganja and cocaine but an undisclosed quantity of heroin. Three male teenagers, all from George Town, were arrested as a result of the raid, despite two of them […]
Webster has ‘no memory’ of videoed indecent act
(CNS): A jury heard that Errington Webster told police he had no recollection of committing an act of gross indecency filmed by a teenage girl in his truck that triggered an indecent assault investigation against the former firefighter and one-time political hopeful. Webster was arrested last summer and charged with three counts of indecent assault […]
CUC begins testing new solar facility
(CNS Business): Grand Cayman’s power provider is just a few weeks away from officially opening Cayman’s first ever solar farm. Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) said in a statement today that it has started testing the facility in Bodden Town. Commissioned in partnership with solar project developer Entropy, the renewable energy 5MW facility is expected to […]
Customs officer and Venezuelans arrested in drug raid
(CNS): Police and customs officers have arrested five people, including a local customs officer, three Venezuelan nationals and a woman from West Bay, in a suspected drug ring. During a joint RCIPS and customs raid just after 7pm on Friday evening (2 June), cash and cocaine were seized at a George Town apartment and the suspects were […]
Stabbed teenage boy in critical condition
(CNS): A 15-year-old boy is in hospital in critical but stable condition following a stabbing on the West Bay Road Saturday night (3 June). According to the RCIPS, the teenager was visiting Burger King sometime before 9pm when he encountered a group of boys whom he knew outside the fast-food restaurant in the Seven Mile Beach […]
