Vendor violence and drug sales continue at 7MB

(CNS): Police arrested two men at Seven Mile Public Beach last week as a result of drug offences. Officers had gone to the busy tourist spot where anti-social behavior and violence is increasing after a video circulated on social media showed vendors and others fighting in the middle of the beach as tourists looked on. Police said they will continue to work with the Public Lands Commission and department of commerce to conduct regular patrols in support of public safety, crime prevention initiatives and public reassurance.

When police arrived at the beach last Thursday lunchtime they spotted a suspicious individual and as they approached him and attempted a search he fled the scene but police chased and caught the man. An undisclosed amount of drugs and cash was found in a bag in his possession, which was seized by the officers. The 19-year-old man who was from of North Side was arrested for drug related offences and was taken to the Cayman Islands Detention Centre. 

Soon after police received more information about another individual selling drugs and liquor at one of the cabanas. Officers approached the location and found him also in possession of an undisclosed quantity of ganja and money, resulting in his arrest on Suspicion of Possession and Consumption of Ganja. He was a 29-year-old man who lives in Bodden Town who was also taken to the detention centre.

Police, however do not appear to have arrested anyone involved in the altercation that took place on the beach earlier that same day.