Tag: drug crime
Man arrested at bar for having flare gun and ganja
(CNS): A 31-year-old man from West Bay was arrested outside a bar in Trafalgar Place on Thursday evening for the possession of a flare gun after the police responded to a report of a disturbance at the location at around 7:30pm. The RCIPS did not say whether the man was arrested at the Jungle Room […]
Machete wielding robbery suspect charged and bailed
(CNS): Police have charged a 33-year-old George Town man in connection with a robbery that took place at a George Town convenience store on Mary Street earlier this month. Officers apprehended the suspect on Friday, ten days after the robbery in which a masked man wielding a machete burst into the store, demanded money and […]
Two guns and drugs haul seized in three different busts
(CNS): Police seized two illegal guns and a large quantity of drugs and arrested six people following three different busts over the weekend. The first was on Friday afternoon at around 1:30 after officers signalled for a vehicle to pull over on the Linford Pierson Highway, but the driver failed to stop and sped off […]
Active patrols round up overstayers and criminals
(CNS): The police partnered with various other agencies earlier this month to round up criminals and overstayers in areas of George Town known for criminality. In an RCIPS ‘Week of Action’, the police arrested nine people and Customs and Border Control arrested twelve, including one person who had overstayed here illegally since 2020. The proactive […]
AG agrees to ask CJ to review inequities of drug sentences
(CNS): Attorney General Samuel Bulgin has said he will ask the chief justice to conduct a review of sentences that have been handed down to those convicted of drug offences following concerns that visitors who are bringing drugs into Cayman accidentally or deliberately are facing far less severe sanctions than locals for similar crimes. The […]
Vendor violence and drug sales continue at 7MB
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now arrested a 24-year-old man from Bodden Town the third individual arrested for allegedly selling drugs at Seven Mile Beach this week. He was arrested by officers on foot patrol at the public beach at about 5pm Saturday after they observed him smoking ganja. The man also had a bag containing […]
Suspected dealer arrested in routine traffic stop
(CNS): A 38-year-old woman from East End was arrested for possession of ganja with intent to supply after a routine traffic check on Shamrock Road on Sunday afternoon. Shortly before 4.30pm on 29 September, a police officer conducting traffic checks in the vicinity of Ocean Club observed an expired number plate on an approaching Silver […]
Couple caught trying to steal battery from car
(CNS): A 45-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, both from George Town, were arrested after police officers caught them trying to steal a battery from a car parked on Smith Road, near the 4-way junction with Hospital Road, in the early hours of Monday morning. The officers were called to the scene following a report […]
Two men arrested in East End after drug bust
(CNS): Two men, aged 46 and 31, were arrested for various drug-related offences following a raid at an East End home on Sunday morning. Police said the operation under the Misuse of Drugs Act took place at around 11:30am on 2 June. When they arrived, the younger man was seated in a vehicle at the […]
Four drunk drivers arrested in a single morning
(CNS): Police are urging motorists not to drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol to stop the “carnage on our roads” after four people were arrested on suspicion of driving while drunk early Saturday morning. Police officers on Cayman Brac arrested a 19-year-old woman on suspicion of DUI and a 52-year-old man for failing […]
Gun seized after early morning West Bay raid
(CNS): A 56-year-old man from West Bay and a 47-year-old woman from George Town were arrested early Thursday morning following a raid at a house off North West Point Road that resulted in a gun and a collection of magazines and ammunition being seized. The RCIPS said that officers had cause to conduct the search […]
