Coast Guard
Coast guard reels in suspect cocaine smugglers
(CNS): Two unidentified men from Bodden Town have been remanded in custody after being charged with trafficking cocaine. One of the pair has also been charged with the possession of ammunition. The men, aged 30 and 31, were arrested by officers from the Cayman Islands Coast Guard on Sunday night following an interdiction at sea […]
Coastguard’s independence set in law
(CNS): The independence of the Cayman Islands Coast Guard has now been formalised after the legislation to create the country’s newest law enforcement and rescue agency passed through Parliament with full support on both sides of the House. The debate on the bill was sandwiched between legislation for the work permit vaccine mandate, so the […]
Coastguard finds canoe and drugs but no crew
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard recovered a capsized canoe off the coast of South Sound on Thursday after responding to a report around 9am. The officers found several packages in the boat that they believe contain ganja but there was no sign of any crew. After searching the surrounding area and the reef with […]
Captain insists Cuban migrants must get off his ship
(CNS): The captain of the MV Bulk Freedom has indicated that he is unwilling to take the Cuban migrants currently occupying a communications room aboard his vessel to any other port and has insisted that the group must disembark here in the Cayman Islands, according to the latest official update on the impasse. Customs and […]
Coastguard hauls over 700lbs of ganja from sea
(CNS): Two local men have been arrested following a drug operation this week in which the police helicopter spotted and interrupted what appeared to be a drug transfer at sea between a local boat and a Jamaican canoe. The RCIPS said that the Air Operations Unit was conducting security patrols Monday afternoon when the spotted […]
Rookie coastguards make it through first ever course
(CNS): The first ever cohort of Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) recruits completed their basic training last week, marked with a ceremony at Pedro St James. Sixteen Caymanian men and women aged between 18 and 33 successfully concluded the eight-week course and will now continue on the process to become officers. “We have been stretched, […]
Chopper and coastguard chase drug canoe
(CNS): Four Jamaican nationals have been charged with drug smuggling offences after they were caught by the Cayman Islands Coast Guard last week and around 400lbs of ganja was recovered. A release from the RCIPS said the canoe was spotted by the police helicopter crew while on coastline patrol. After they saw the chopper, the […]
CI Fire Service trains coastguard recruits
(CNS): The new Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) will be working with various other agencies in the course of its responsibilities to protect the shoreline and Cayman waters. To this end, 16 recruits to the government’s newest uniform agency have therefore been given training on how to put out fires. During the three-day course in […]
Rookie coastguard officers begin training
(CNS): Six women and ten men began training this week for the most recent arm of Cayman’s ever-growing uniform branches of government. The Cayman Islands Coast Guard started its first ever recruit programme following a summer recruitment drive, which whittled down 300 Caymanian applicants to the 16 who have now begun this eight-week training course. […]
Suspect ganja smuggler feared lost at sea
(CNS): After a two-day search and rescue mission failed to find a man who jumped overboard during a drug bust at sea on Tuesday night, the Cayman Islands Coast Guard and police have changed the mission into a search and recovery operation. Efforts continued today, Thursday 26 November, but given the elapsed time, rough sea […]
Sea search on for suspect ganja smuggler
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard last night from a suspected ganja canoe that had been under pursuit two miles off the coast of East End. A release from the RCIPS said that at around 11:30pm Tuesday, the coast guard had come across the suspicious boat and […]
