Tag: Customs and Border Control Agency
New security body scanners installed at airports
(CNS): Customs and Border Control has installed new “state-of-the-art non-intrusive body scanners” to look for drugs and contraband at both Owen Roberts and Charles Kirkconnell airports to bolster national security and ensure the safety of residents and visitors. The scanners are designed to detect individuals attempting to smuggle illicit drugs and other illegal goods into […]
Cubans using CAL to get to mainland
(CNS): Cabinet has approved amendments to the Customs and Border Control (Visas, Entry and Landing) Regulations, 2019 to introduce in-transit visas for Cuban nationals. Statistics show that significant numbers of Cuban nationals are travelling through the Cayman Islands and onto mainland South or Central American countries on a return ticket but are not returning. Instead, […]
CBC denies arrest of detained Cuban protester
(CNS): A Cuban asylum seeker who was carried away by a group of Customs and Border Control officers during a small protest outside the government building on Tuesday was not arrested, and his temporary admission to Cayman has been reinstated. Around two dozen Cuban migrants staged an impromptu protest outside the government building because in […]
CBC arrests 26 at ORIA with drugs and guns
(CNS): In the two-month period between 15 December and 15 February, Customs and Border Control arrested 26 people at the Owen Roberts International Airport entering or exiting the Cayman Islands carrying drugs or weapons, plus one person for smoking on a plane. Officials said the interceptions, which included ganja, ecstasy, ammunition and guns, were based […]
CBC cargo office set to re-open after plumbing trouble
(CNS): The Customs and Border Control (CBC) Cargo Processing Office on Owen Roberts Drive in George Town, which was forced to close early on Wednesday due to a plumbing problem, was expected to re-open Thursday morning at 8:30am. According to a CBC release, Public Works was enlisted to remedy the situation and pave the way for […]
Pregnant woman among 12 migrants to reach the Brac
(CNS): A group of twelve Cuban migrants landed at Watering Place, Cayman Brac, shortly after midnight on Wednesday, 6 December. One of the three women who arrived is pregnant, according to a release from Customs and Border Control. She was taken to Faith Hospital, where she was examined by medical staff, and has since been […]
Ten Cuban migrants returned to Havana
(CNS): Customs and Border Control has deported ten Cuban migrants over the last two weeks on separate trips back to Havana. The ten men were accompanied by CBC officers on two Cayman Airways flights. CBC Director Charles Clifford thanked the officers and the migration management team who processed the Cubans and organised the flights, which, […]
Clifford prepares to hand CBC reins to deputy
(CNS): The director of Customs and Border Control, Charles Clifford, is preparing for a long but what it appears will be a smooth transition to the next head of the critical agency. More than eight months before Clifford retires, his deputy and veteran official Bruce Smith has been confirmed as director-designate.
Two Cubans missing, eight rescued at sea
(CNS): A major search and rescue operation involving the police, coastguard, fire service, border control and private boat owners in the sea around Cayman Brac was conducted Saturday and Sunday, in which eight Cuban men were rescued. However, two more are missing. According to Customs and Border Control (CBC), the operation began after one man […]
Ten Cuban migrants repatriated to Havana
(CNS): Ten Cuban men who ended up in the Cayman Islands as irregular migrants on small vessels were repatriated to Havana on a Cayman Airways charter Tuesday. The migrants departed Grand Cayman on a SAAB aircraft at around 10:10am and arrived in Cuba at approximately 12:30pm as part of the CBC expedited processing of asylum […]
CBC finds 2lbs of crystal meth in courier parcel
(CNS): About two pounds of methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, has been recovered by Customs and Border Control from a courier parcel. The package was documented as clothes but was selected by officers for examination and the drugs were found. Presumptive field testing was carried out, which indicated the presence of methamphetamine. The substance […]
