Empty mystery canoe grounded on East End reef
(CNS): Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the grounding of a ‘canoe’ on the reef off the Queens Highway in East End in the early morning of 2 January. According to an RCIPS press release a search and rescue operation was launched after the emergency services including the Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) and Fire Service (CIFS) were dispatched to a report of a vessel in distress at about 7am. But after several hours of searching no one was found in the water alive, and no bodies recovered.
However, several gas barrels were found washed ashore by RCIPS officers carrying out a shoreline search which implies a possible drug canoe. But police did not indicate that any drugs were recovered. The vessel was submerged in the water and there was no indication from the police of anything of significance being in the boat.
The RCIPS said the Air Operations Unit, the CIFS and the CICG had all joined in the search to find anyone who may have been aboard but that operation was called off at around 12:30pm. Given the likelihood that this is a ganja boat the RCIPS Crime Task Force has launched an investigation.
The police commissioner thanked the public for their help with the search and rescue and detectives are now appealing for witnesses who may have information regarding the boat and whoever and whatever may have been aboard.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2220. Anonymous tips can be provided to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777 or the website. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via the Cayman Crime Stoppers website.
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I was heading through Bodden Town (towards Breakers) that morning and two Coast Guard pickup trucks came flying through the narrow Bodden Town road at full speed with sirens heading in the direction of town. The first truck was pulling the seized boat and the second truck was pulling one of their boats. So that’s two pickup trucks pulling a trailer each flying through Bodden Town. Only to find out that it was found abandoned. Why was that speed necessary? I would imagine that sirens and high speeds should be used in emergencies only, that was reckless and unnecessary. Hopefully they won’t cause any emergencies themselves by driving like that when it’s not required.
When Abjack, and the other experienced Officers, that actualy knew what they were doing and did the job left the CICG failed.
The whole CICG was Abjacks idea, and if he was placed in charge like he was supposed to be it would be a success.
Everybody knew this. He was the backbone of the unit. Nobody had, or still have, the qualifications and training he did. Not even King.
Facts right there. Indisputable.
Next week they would have bought a beatup truck put a sign on it ,get a business card and are running around looking a likkle Wouk. Only in Cayman while our people claim they cyan find no job. They don’t want to buy a beatup truck put a sign on it, get a business card and run around looking for sumting to do.
Boy this new batch of jamaican ganja is top quality lol. Unna old farts on the 1960s reefer madness propaganda – go on ahead and keep it illegal. As if your efforts since 1990 to stop the smuggling has worked…
The people bringing it in pay like 50 USD a lb in westmoreland.. My friends buying it landed for 2k/5lb and selling a lb for 1k. All you doing is making the risk worth it to bring worst stuff like guns.
Meanwhile my medical card lets me get THC vapes legally I could otherwise just buy at the liquor store, generate CIG revenue, stop smoking, and stop supporting the lucrative black market inter-island smuggling trade.
No mystery here Jamaican canoes come from Jamaica and are normal captained by Jamaicans with an odd Caymanian navigator on board now and then. What happened to the Coastal Radar program. It would appear that certain government and political forces are deliberately stopping its implementation in Cayman and there is even interference I have been told by those organized criminal and political gangs elsewhere that expediently deriving financial wealth and political influence from this guns and drug trade and violence here in Cayman. I can only hope this vessel master is not PC Andrew devoirix Benjamin returning on his drug boat trying to get his old job back in the Rcips ?
Fresh trees in time for the new year.
Man dem set for the rest of the year!
Another smuggling vessel found after-the-fact, that “snuck up” on our sleeping Coast Guard, despite two helicopters, and various top dollar vessels and equipment carrying FLIR, 100NM radar, and full-time personnel. Someone in charge (if there is anyone) needs to explain how this keeps happening on their watch. Even Cuban refugees in homemade particle board craft with 6 feet of freeboard keep making landfall, uncontested. Explain.
I just posted another comment explaining how the ganja smuggling industry is allows for over 1000% return on investment literally. Insane compared to the free market, but that’s only because it’s illegal.
You’re daft if you think there isn’t bribery going on.
Too little, too late. Drugs, guns and illegal immigrants already on shore!
Who is in charge and the people who are crew and in command Laughhhh!!