80lbs of ganja seized at ORIA from two Canadians
(CNS): Over the last two weeks Customs and Border Control (CBC) have seized just under 80lbs of ganja from two separate smugglers at Owen Roberts International Airport. Both were Canadian nationals who are currently on remand at HMP Northward and Fairbanks. Officers stopped the first of the two on his arrival at the airport from Toronto, Canada on 28 November. An x-ray examination of his bags revealed irregularities and a physical search uncovered thirty-four clear, vacuum-sealed packs containing weed.
The passenger was arrested and later charged with importation and possession with intent to supply 29.15lbs of marijuana. He appeared before the Summary Court last week where he pleaded guilty to both charges and was remanded in custody pending sentence.
In the second case CBC officers seized approximately 50lbs of marijuana from a female Canadian national also arriving from Toronto on Thursday, 12 December. She was arrested for importation and possession with intent to supply and appeared before the Summary Court, Monday where she was remanded to Fairbanks.
CBC Senior Deputy Director Kevin Walton explained that CBS is seeing changing patterns in smuggling. “The rising demand for high-grade marijuana has led to significant changes in smuggling routes and we have seen an increase in importation,” he said. “The higher the potency of THC, the greater the psychological effects, particularly for marijuana produced in North America. Passengers must remember that while marijuana extracts and tinctures are permitted for medical or therapeutic purposes when prescribed by a medical doctor in the Cayman Islands, the recreational use, possession, and importation of marijuana remain illegal in the Cayman Islands,” he added.
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Canadians Hahahaha. The reverse smugglers!
Free the herb !!!
Canadians just as bad as the Colombians. But the local banks love employing em eh!!!
Might as well ditch those Rizlas now. I had a decent 5 skinner planned as well 😒
We used to get Canada’s best. Now we get their losers.
And their shitty donuts, eh.
This might shock you, but we’ve always gotten a majority of losers from elsewhere that simply misrepresent themselves as their homeland’s best.
Are these returning residents or visitors?
We are devoting our resources to the wrong offenders. We should be legalising ganja, employing elderly and other marginalised folk to grow and process it, and packaging and taxing it. We should be devoting our CBC and RCIPS resources toward detecting and seizing hard drugs, guns, and criminals.
We could actually have something we can export!
yeay…another huge pointless victory for cbc…..zzzzzzzzzz
cayman needs to get with the time when it comes to ganja consumption.
Go move somewhere else where you can do your drugs legally and keep your stoned backside out of Cayman you useless whiner.
Someone didn’t tell them there’s already weed on the island???
More like mouldy wacky from Jam.
legalise and quash the criminal records for simple possession, too many kids and young adults with criminal records preventing them from going overseas for an education.
As for driving stoned, you are still 13 times more likely to crash if you are texting and driving like half the drivers on the roads, than if you are stoned.
If people do not want criminal records they should refrain from committing crimes.
THC from weed was also present in 80% of DUI blood tests from fatalities reviewed by NHTSA. It’s s contributing factor in many road fatalities. There is no permissible amount of high driving in the Cayman Islands, because weed is illegal.
How stoned?
And would you let your kids on a plane with a pilot smoking weed? ‘Cos it’s safe, right?
And my kids have to cross the road in front of your car…
You have already screwed your own cerebral cortex. You have no right to screw with the integrity of other people’s skulls.