Tag: Customs and Border Control Agency
Customs urges importers to supply invoices
(CNS): As Customs and Border Control gears up to deal with tens of thousands of seasonal imports, officials are urging people to get all of their documentation right and follow the proper process in order to get their Christmas packages on time. With over 22,000 individual imports recorded for the month of November already, the […]
18 more Cuban migrants arrive over two days
(CNS): On Monday and Tuesday an additional 18 migrants arrived in local waters in two separate vessels. All of the men and women are now in the custody of Customs and Border Control as they begin the immigration process. In what is turning out to be one of the busiest years here for Cuban migrants […]
269 Cuban migrants wait on immigration process
(CNS): Following the arrival of another four boats carrying 28 more Cuban migrants over the last five days, Customs and Border Control confirmed that there are now 269 men and women awaiting repatriation, the result of asylum claims or general processing. Officials said that 86 of these people are still on Cayman Brac, most of […]
34 migrants land in sixth boat this month
(CNS): Another 34 Cuban migrants came ashore in Cayman Brac Monday lunchtime, the Customs and Border Control has said. The boat was carrying six women and 28 men and was the third in less than a week and the sixth vessel to arrive so far in October. Since the start of the month, 71 migrants […]
Two more boats bring Cubans to Cayman Brac
(CNS): Another fifteen Cuban migrants entered Cayman waters last week in two separate boats, according to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC). Eight men arrived in an undisclosed area of the Brac at around 2:15pm on Thursday and another five men and two women arrived in the North East Bay area of Cayman Brac […]
Two boats with ten Cubans arrive in Cayman Brac
(CNS): Ten more migrants have arrived in the Cayman Islands, Customs and Border Control has confirmed. Two boats carrying the Cuban men arrived in Cayman Brac around 9:10 on Tuesday morning. All ten have disembarked both vessels and are being processed in accordance with CBC’s established protocols. Once that is completed, they will be transported to […]
Customs officer faces trial over two loaded guns
(CNS): Timothy McKenzie (45), a customs officer currently on required leave with full pay while on remand at HMP Northward, has pleaded not guilty to four gun-related charges and is expected to go on trial before the end of this year. McKenzie appeared in court Friday and denied the illegal possession of two loaded semi-automatic […]
Suspended civil servants mostly from law enforcement
(CNS): Nine of the thirteen public servants who were on required leave from the civil service in March this year, on full pay, as a result of pending criminal cases or internal probes were from law enforcement agencies. In response to a freedom of information request by CNS, the Portfolio of the Civil Service released […]
Man due in court over bullet-proof vest
(CNS): A 51-year-old West Bay man, who was arrested in July for possessing a bullet-proof vest, has now been charged and is due to appear in court, Monday. Police seized the illegal vest during a search carried out on 1 July at an address on Pleasant Drive, West Bay. It was one of two searches […]
Engine trouble lands migrants in East End
(CNS): A boat carrying six men and one woman who were heading from Cuba to Honduras arrived in East End, off Morritts Tortuga Club at around 2:3am, Wednesday, 21 September after experiencing engine trouble, the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) has confirmed. This latest group of seven migrants disembarked the vessel and were […]
Customs officer charged over guns and drugs
(CNS): A 45-year-old customs officer from Bodden Town has been charged with the possession of two illegal firearms and ammunition as well as drug offences following a police bust at his home on Kingfisher Street. Police searched Timothy McKenzie’s house on Wednesday, 24 August, where the police found two handguns along with several rounds of […]
