Tag: drug smuggling
Customs find ganja on Jamaican fishing boat
(CNS): An undisclosed quantity of drugs was found aboard a Jamaican fishing boat that was towed into the George Town Harbour on Tuesday, after the 90-foot vessel ran into engine trouble. Customs officers working with immigration said they seized “a moderate amount of vegetable matter resembling ganja” when the boat, Shiloh, was brought in during an […]
500lbs of ganja recovered from drug bust
(CNS): Ricky Manderson (59) has been remanded in custody until Thursday after a brief court appearance today over charges of conspiracy to import more than 500lbs of ganja, after he was busted by police on Tuesday night in North Side. The West Bay man was arrested after the police chopper and marine unit intercepted a suspicious […]
Suspected smuggler netted off NS coast
(CNS): A 59-year-old man from West Bay has been arrested and police are looking for at least two other men who fled after police intercepted a suspected drug boat on Tuesday night. The vessel, which appeared to be engaged in smuggling activities, was spotted two miles off the north coast at about 9pm on 23 February […]
Cops net smugglers carrying gun and drugs
(CNS): Two local men and a Jamaican national were charged with a number of offences after the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit intercepted a vessel off the coast of East End last Thursday. The RCIPS reported that officers on patrol aboard the Guardian came upon the boat drifting some twenty miles off the eastern end of Grand Cayman. With the […]
Cops net four more suspected smugglers at sea
(CNS): Four men have been charged with drug smuggling following another police interception off the north coast of Grand Cayman this weekend. Two local men from West Bay and two men from Jamaica were arrested Friday evening when the Joint Marine Unit responded to sighting of a suspicious vessel, spotted by the crew on board […]
Cops continue hunt for fourth drug smuggler
(CNS): Police have released the picture of a man who remains at large in connection with the recent illegal landing of suspected drug smugglers. Police are asking the public to help them find Geranimo Vaughan (left), who is believed to have entered the Cayman Islands with three other men on 25 October aboard a Jamaican style […]
Missing suspect drug smugglers arrested
(CNS) UPDATED Sunday 11:00am: The RCIPS Drugs and Serious Crimes Task Force has now formally charged three men with with illegal landing and importation of ganja in connection with a suspected drug smuggling operation that officers interrupted last Sunday. The men, aged 32, 42 and 43, were arrested on Friday morning (30 October) just after 11:am in the West […]
Suspect smuggler’s ID found in abandoned canoe
(CNS): The police have found identification records in a canoe abandoned by drug smuggling suspects at the weekend in North Side. As detectives from the RCIPS Drugs and Serious Crime Task Force (DSCTF) continuing the search for four men they believe were aboard a drug canoe intercepted of the north coast of Grand Cayman Sunday […]
More cocaine washes up on local shores
(CNS): Another 25 packages of cocaine, weighing a total of 25 kilos, has washed up on to the shoreline of Grand Cayman, which has seen a significant number of drug smuggling attempts in recent months. Police have confirmed that a member of the public spotted this latest drug haul on the shore at Prospect Point […]
Police recover 35 packages of ganja
(CNS): Thirty-five compressed packets of ganja have been recovered in connection with the drug smuggling operation in North Side that RCIPS officers interrupted on Sunday. Detectives from the Drugs and Serious Crime Task Force (DSCTF) continued their search Tuesday for the four men understood to have been aboard a suspected Jamaican drug canoe that entered Cayman […]
