Tag: gun smuggling

Gang denies conspiracy to import guns and drugs

Gang denies conspiracy to import guns and drugs

| 07/04/2025

(CNS): Three people, including a civilian employee of the RCIPS, have all denied their part in what the crown says was a conspiracy to import guns, component parts, ammunition, a bullet-proof vest and drugs. On Friday, Courtney Bush Myles Jr, Chanel Andrea Cranston and Tiquan Raheem Forbes pleaded not guilty to various charges against them relating […]

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Rubio accepts Jamaica’s gun problem starts in USA

Rubio accepts Jamaica’s gun problem starts in USA

| 27/03/2025 | 40 Comments

(CNS): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged that many of the guns and weapons in Jamaica that are used by gangs to commit acts of violence were purchased in the United States and shipped to the island nation. Rubio visited Jamaica on Wednesday as part of a trip to the region and addressed […]

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Four charged in drugs & guns import conspiracy

Four charged in drugs & guns import conspiracy

| 21/10/2024

(CNS): Following a joint investigation conducted by the RCIPS and the Anti-Corruption Commission, a 32-year-old male civilian staffer with the police, a 33-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, all from George Town, have been formally charged with conspiracy to import firearms and component parts of firearms, conspiracy to import ammunition, and conspiracy to import and […]

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CBC arrests 26 at ORIA with drugs and guns

CBC arrests 26 at ORIA with drugs and guns

| 15/03/2024 | 24 Comments

(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 […]

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Guns imported through legal ‘loophole’, court finds

Guns imported through legal ‘loophole’, court finds

| 12/02/2024

(CNS): The crown’s case against Anton Parygin (45), a Russian national with both Canadian and Israeli citizenship, hit shaky ground this week ahead of his scheduled trial. Parygin, who brought three unlicensed guns with him when he moved to the Cayman Islands for work, faces several charges relating to importing and possessing illegal weapons, but […]

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CBC seizes three handguns imported via courier

CBC seizes three handguns imported via courier

| 18/08/2023

(CNS): Two local men have been arrested and are currently in custody in connection with the importation of three 9mm unlicensed handguns, over 100 rounds of ammunition and an undisclosed quantity of ganja and cannabis products. The contraband was seized on Tuesday after it was imported via courier, though it is not clear if it […]

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Russian man denies gun smuggling charges

Russian man denies gun smuggling charges

| 21/07/2023

(CNS): Anton Parygin (45), a Russian national with Canadian and Israeli citizenship who brought three guns with him when he moved to the Cayman Islands for work, has denied a long list of firearm-related charges. Parygin was arrested at Owen Roberts International Airport in January with a 9mm automatic pistol, a 9mm semi-automatic rifle, and […]

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Passenger charged with gun smuggling

Passenger charged with gun smuggling

| 31/01/2023

(CNS): Anton Parygin (45), who was arrested by Customs and Border Control at the weekend after they discovered three guns in his bags, appeared in Summary Court on Tuesday via video link from the detention centre. Defence attorney James Stenning asked for an adjournment of the case after receiving the charging documents from the crown […]

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Three guns seized from passenger at ORIA

Three guns seized from passenger at ORIA

| 30/01/2023

(CNS): One man has been arrested and is in custody after Customs and Border Control officers seized three guns from him as he arrived at Owen Roberts International Airport on Saturday. The 45-year-old passenger had arrived from Canada with a 9mm semi-automatic rifle, a 9mm pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun in his possession, according to […]

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Drug smuggling witness attacked in jail

Drug smuggling witness attacked in jail

| 22/06/2022 | 32 Comments

(CNS): Andrew Beckford (42) was attacked in prison on Monday by the man he had given evidence against in a drug and guns smuggling case. However, at his sentencing hearing, Justice Cheryll Richards reduced the ten-year mandatory sentence Beckford was facing to just 30 months due to exceptional circumstances, which means he will soon be […]

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Local man gets 14 years for smuggling drugs & guns

Local man gets 14 years for smuggling drugs & guns

| 17/06/2022 | 33 Comments

(CNS): Dencle Vic Barnes (52) from George Town has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following his conviction earlier this year for smuggling two handguns and 70lbs of ganja. Barnes initially tried, and failed, to get the case thrown out on the grounds that his human rights had been violated. The charges against Barnes […]

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