Suspect gunman arrested, another at large
(CNS): Police have arrested a man for possession of an unlicensed firearm following a stop and search Friday evening on Yacht Drive, West Bay. At around 6pm police pulled over two men in a white Toyota Yaris, but as they did both the men fled on foot. Police pursued them and managed to catch a 20-year- old from Bodden Town, who was taken into custody in relation to a gun found in the car. A manhunt was launched for the second suspect, who police said was carrying another gun, but he was not apprehended.
Various roadblocks were established around the West Bay Road area, including at the Yacht Club Roundabout on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway, where police searched all cars going into West Bay, causing major traffic tailbacks. During the pursuit, a single shot was fired by a tactical firearms officer but no injuries have been reported, the RCIPS said in a release about the evening’s operations.
The search for the man was stood down shortly after 9pm.
“We understand that Friday night’s police activity attracted heightened public awareness,” said Detective Superintendent Peter Lansdown. “We want to thank the public for cooperating with the police in allowing us to carry out our duties. This operation was a direct result of our heightened policing response to recent firearms incidents. The public will see more officers, particularly firearms officers, conducting operations. Our officers will continue efforts to locate these two individuals, but we ask the public, please, if you know anything about the movements of these two men, please contact the police.”
The Bodden Town man remains in custody and the car in which both men were travelling has been seized by police.
Anyone with information about the incident and the two murders this week is asked to call the
Major Incident Room at 649-2930.
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Fully-loaded drug canoes capsizing inside our North Sound…spates of armed robberies and gun violence…half dozen migrant boats arriving uncontested…execution of government witnesses and prison guards…at what point does the Chief of Police feel it might be appropriate to issue a press conference on behalf of his publicly-funded organisation? Does he not feel he needs to assure the public and stakeholders that RCIPS are still on the job, or making some kind of changes, or headway, to regain control and/or avoid these surprising escalations/headlines in future? Is he on vacation, or out of office? We need to hear that he understands this isn’t acceptable. Instead we get crickets…it really feels like it might be time for a new CoP.
There are people here with legal guns in their homes . They have a gun license issued through their membership in the gun club. So?
And……?
It seems like the only people that don’t have a gun or access to a gun are the law abiding citizens. If the authorities can’t keep guns out of the hands of criminals and can’t adequately protect innocent law abiding citizens then those citizens need to be allowed to protect themselves. Let’s not let it get to that.
Well said. I’m with you on that.
Every time this stupid kind of stuff rears its head.
Most people here can’t control a vehicle with automatic transmission. Those tiny brains don’t need overloading with guns too.
The guns are predominantly used by scum, on scum.
It was tragic that the gentleman got killed at the barbershop, but it was a numbers scheme…and guess who like to go places with lots of cash on hand? yeah, scum who want to rob people, with an even lower risk of the crime even being reported.
It’s highly, highly, unlikely that you’ll ever be threatened with a gun. Being involved in a car crash, that’s much more likely.
Back that logic up a little but further…how can there be any well-known “numbers” shops of repute that are allowed to remain open with a T&BL? Why would it be fine to learn all the shops on Eastern Ave could be free to sell numbers, ever? Does that assumption not immune our RCIPS and DCI? …and if some passerby should walk along or into that establishment, are they automatically presumed to have been buying numbers? Are they scum? Fair death if it comes? There is a lot of double-standard and bias in these comments that impairs justice-seeking.
How many people have been killed by illegal guns in the last ten years?
Absolutely not. Yes the cops need to step up their game. Which could be easy by just holding people to the traffic laws. But we should allow all these idiots a gun too.
Again, start enforcing every traffic law and I bet these cops would start finding guns and wanted criminals with stolen goods.
The best way to get guns under control is enacting the death penalty for criminals carrying illegal firearms.
Do law enforcement and our courts think it is o.k. for criminals to carry concealed weapons? Arm our police, not the lawbreakers.
Tracking the frequent nautical approaches, and intervening in the transshipment vessels might help with that. We have all the gear, fully-staffed crews, without the excuses of even 3 years ago. It can’t be for lack of a *,pdf manual for the 100 nautical mile Furono radar on the JMU and Coast Guard boats. We should assume their Captains know where the power button is located. So, at this point, something really doesn’t smell quite right with the public’s entrusted “authorities”, and there should be a high-level investigation. See BVI for more details.
Well maybe BVI shows Cayman the way this week? Old Caymanians you awake and ready to stop this???
Time to retire the “well connected” crooked CI top dogs after decades of greed, power, and corruption period. Clean up our islands! We are 3 tiny rocks, no way things get in or out without a boat or a plan hear me?!?
Crooks cannot operate without a system and paradise is tired of the Drug Cartels.
Time to sweep the streets even if by door to door: The reprobates are easy to find….Go Get Em RCIPS get some balls (please.)
I hear you, but we should also understand that the RCIPS have decades-thick undercover/snitch files, know the gangs well: their membership, leaders, hierarchy, and clubhouses. They also have 100 nautical mile radar on the patrol boats we bought them, and FLIR on both state-of-the-art composite “stealth” helicopters. What then is the reason/excuse, for letting it all continue, if not a conscious risk/reward choice? See BVI for more info.
Good job recently making arrests, especially where firearms are recovered, RCIPS. I don’t often compliment the RCIPS, but kudos to you.
They don’t make guns in Jamaica.
But guns, ammunition and explosives (as well as illegal land of persons and animals) does reach Cayman’s shores from Jamaica.
They don’t make salt fish in Jamaica, but there’s no problem getting a plate of it there.
The ages of these armed criminals.. looks like they aren’t permit holders to be shipped back to huh?
Let’s see, who else can we blame for this hmmm?
@ 30/4/22 3:12pm Not all Caymanians blame everything on expats – this criminal is a product of our embarrassingly sh!tty education system that has been allowed to decline unchecked for the past 3 decades.. that and 2nd/3rd generation poor parenting skills, lack of proper sex education & life skills being taught.
All this societal misery boils down to some putz not having a condom that one time.
RCIPS needs the marine unit to be stationed along the coast of East End indefinitely! Most of these guns are coming from Jamaica and they are coming ashore in East End!
You sound ignorant.
You could hear that?
The Cayman Islands would be a better place to live if we had the death penalty for anyone arrested carrying an illegal firearm. Does anyone believe that would make a difference? Does anyone care?
It would be nice to rid the streets of illegal guns, but the death penalty is a disproportionate penalty for mere possession. However, looking into increasing the time of incarceration might be a more proportionate penalty.
Them canals.
Yup. Fisherman live aboard these caymanian owned boats and not one is checked when they come back from international waters.
hear hear!!! Common sense policing 101 eh? Nothing comes in without a boat or a plane so crack down on the families that are profiting from this illegal trade. No MORE “he is a good boy” and buys Grandma her groceries…. Catch them ALL.
Radar? Drone?
If used properly, both should work.
They cant keep the weather radar up and running so I doubt they could run any other type of sophisticated hardware.
Good point.
It couldn’t hurt.
In my hometown, when dealing with chasing down idiots in cars, the police had a pursuit unit with chase car plus a K9 vehicle, but high performance cars. That way if anyone gave it legs, they released the 4 paws and bitey officer. Understandably, many chose not to run.
They should do that here!
Sounds like South Africa, cops use BMW M3’s and GTI Golf. Plus there always a helicopter providing air support.
Spot on with K-9 units, the dogs have a huge success rate in bringing down perps trying to run away!
UK, Cosworths, Imprezas, along with BMW 3 and 5 series touring. Excellent combo.
Free-kin idiots driving around with guns ? Where the hell do we live i ask you , does anyone know any more?
Seriously
In Cayman they won’t pursue ever since they lost a lawsuit where someone died during a pursuit.
What case? Name? Want to read the case, if it’s available.
http://archive.caymannewsservice.com/2013/07/17/cops-stand-by-pursuit-policy/
And we wonder how criminality took over?
We have all of that and a helicopter with night vision and still they #### it up!
Paw patrol is on the roll
“4 paws and bitey officer” … lol .. you just made my day 😜