Tag: drug smuggling
Fatal crash boat capt caught with ganja in jail
(CNS): Sean Michael McDonald (40), who is serving more than seven years in prison for killing two people in a horrific nighttime boat crash in the North Sound in 2019, is now accused of smuggling ganja into the jail. The day he was remanded to begin serving his time he was caught with an undisclosed […]
Illegal drug use in Cayman changing, warn police
(CNS): While the bulk of illegal drugs being smuggled into the Cayman Islands is still ganja, the police are seeing an increase in different types of illicit drugs on the local streets, including cocaine, opioids and illegal pharmaceuticals, the RCIPS management has said. The police are particularly concerned about the emergence of fentanyl, the potent […]
CBC officers seize mushrooms and ganja
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control have arrested three people after two separate drug seizures at the Owen Roberts International Airport. On 31 March and on 2 April, significant quantities of ganja, mushrooms, THC-infused gummies and THC vape cartridges were recovered from passengers, according to a CBC release. Officials said they are seeing an increase […]
Traffickers used sneakers to smuggle 3kg of cocaine
(CNS): Two women and one man from Suriname began serving lengthy prison terms Wednesday following their conviction for importing around 3kgs of cocaine hidden in the soles of ten pairs of sneakers in suitcases they brought to Cayman in October. The trio travelled from Suriname through Trinidad and Jamaica, pretending not to know each other. […]
Couple deny importing 5.2 grams of fentanyl
(CNS): Dorman Dowaine Salmon (38), a Jamaican national, and Caymanian Renae Hamilton (32), both from East End, have denied importing around 5.2 grams of fentanyl as well as more than 3.3lbs of ganja. The couple appeared in Grand Court Friday and entered not-guilty pleas to the drug charges and two counts of money laundering in relation […]
Three arrested after customs seize fentanyl pills
(CNS): Two Jamaican men aged 47 and 38 and a 32-year-old Caymanian woman, all living in East End, were arrested last week on suspicion of importing 200 fentanyl tablets after customs officers seized an incoming parcel at the Airport Post Office containing the potent synthetic opioid some ten days ago. CBC Director Charles Clifford sounded […]
Local suspect smugglers ram CICG boat during chase
(CNS): Police have charged three local men and recovered several packages of ganja following a pursuit off the south coast of Grand Cayman on Sunday when a Cayman Islands Coast Guard boat was rammed by the suspect smugglers. The coastguard was on patrol when the crew was alerted to a suspicious boat travelling towards the […]
Ex-customs officer jailed for helping smuggle ganja
(CNS): A former customs officer accused of helping drug smugglers move six and a half pounds of ganja through the airport was handed an 18-month sentence earlier this month, nine months of which was suspended. Eddree Joann Fisher was first arrested over the allegations in May 2018 but wasn’t charged until three and a half […]
Cocaine traffickers dodge long prison terms
(CNS): A combination of mitigating factors, admissions of guilt and help given to the police saw two local men convicted of trying to smuggle over 4.65 kilos of cocaine into the Cayman Islands dodge what could have been almost two decades behind bars for their part in the conspiracy. At the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, […]
Suspect smugglers deny importing 5Ks of cocaine
(CNS): When they appeared in court on Friday, Elroy James, David Webster and Fitzgerald Santini all denied being concerned with importing five kilos of cocaine into the Cayman Islands. The group of accused smugglers will remain in custody until they stand trial in February. The three men, all from Honduras, were arrested on Friday, 11 November, after […]
5k of cocaine seized from fishing boat
(CNS): Three Honduran men, aged 59, 42 and 39, were arrested on Friday, 11 November, after a midnight bust at sea by the Cayman Islands Coast Guard supported by the RCIPS helicopter. They have since been charged with the importation of cocaine and appeared in court Wednesday. According to the police, the coastguard and the […]
