Border Control
Arson suspected after fire at migrant centre
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Fire Service successfully tackled a small fire at the Fairbanks Customs and Border Control Service Detention Center in George Town on Friday lunchtime. The Cuban migrants who are being held at the centre were all evacuated from the building while the fire crews extinguished the blaze. No one was injured.
2.7Ks of cocaine seized from fishing boat
(CNS): Customs and Border Control recovered four packages containing 2.7 kilos of cocaine from a commercial fishing vessel on 20 August. The vessel was stopped by the Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) in local waters and escorted to the George Town Port, where CBC inspected the boat.
CBC seizes cocaine from fishing boat
(CNS): Customs and Border Control seized four packages containing an undisclosed amount of cocaine and an undisclosed sum of cash and arrested five men following the inspection of an international fishing boat. Officials said an inbound commercial fishing vessel was boarded by the coastguard on Sunday and taken into George Town, where CBC and other […]
National Security Council given list of crime woes
(CNS): Members of the National Security Council were faced with a number of pressing crimes and law enforcement-related issues when they met on 1 November for the last meeting of 2022. The council was briefed by Police Commissioner Derek Byrne, CBC Director Charles Clifford, Chief Officer for the Ministry of Border Control Wesley Howell, and […]
Woman wanted for murder was granted work permit
(CNS): Ashley Williams (20) from Denham Town in Kingston, Jamaica, was on a work permit in the Cayman Islands when she was arrested and then deported earlier this month due to allegations that she and another man had murdered David Rowe (47) in Jones Town, Kingston, in November. The RCIPS said she was arrested and […]
WORC rounds up illegal workers on 7MB
(CNS): Four people were arrested for immigration-related offences last Wednesday, 23 November, after a raid at Seven Mile Public Beach by the Compliance Unit of Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), the Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) and the RCIPS. Three people were arrested for working without work permits and one was handed over to […]
CBC deports illegal Jamaican fugitives
(CNS): Four Jamaican nationals have been deported, including Neville Peter Butler, who is wanted by the Jamaican authorities on suspicion of murder. Ravan L. George, who is also wanted in Jamaica for serious offences, and two of their associates, one of whom landed in the Cayman Islands illegally, have also been sent home. All four […]
Suspect killer deported back to Jamaica
(CNS): Rudolph Almando Shaw (30), a.k.a. “Boxa”, has been deported from the Cayman Islands, the Customs and Border Control (CBC) Service confirmed Wednesday. Shaw is wanted by Jamaican police for a number of serious offences, including murder. He was arrested in the Cayman Islands earlier this month following a pursuit by RCIPS officers. A man […]
Suspect tops Jamaica’s most wanted list
(CNS): The man who was rounded up by the RCIPS last Friday is considered St Catherine’s most wanted criminal, according to the Jamaican police. Rudolph Almando Shaw (30), a.k.a. “Boxer” or “Boxa”, was arrested in Grand Cayman after he fled Jamaica aboard a canoe. He was tracked down in George Town with the help of […]
Cubans awaiting claims accused of working illegally
(CNS): The Ministry of Border Control and Labour is warning employers not to hire “irregular migrants” because it is against the law. According to a joint press release issued Tuesday by the ministry and Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC), there have been allegations that some of the Cuban migrants in Cayman who are living […]
CBC takes on 32 new Caymanian recruits
(CNS): Following a recent successful recruitment drive in which around 500 people applied, Customs and Border Control has taken on 32 new officers in the largest recruitment class to date. All of the new recruits are Caymanian and bring varying professional backgrounds and areas of expertise, officials said.
