Tag: illegal landing

Jamaicans arrested for illegal landing in Breakers

Jamaicans arrested for illegal landing in Breakers

| 22/01/2024

(CNS): Customs and Border Control arrested two Jamaican nationals, aged 33 and 40, who had reportedly landed in a boat on the Breakers shoreline in Bodden Town at the weekend. Police officers who were called to the area at around 7am on Sunday detained the two men, who appeared to be in good health. They […]

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100lbs of ganja seized, two men here illegally charged

100lbs of ganja seized, two men here illegally charged

| 27/09/2023

(CNS): Police recovered over 100lbs of ganja after officers spotted two men behaving suspiciously outside an abandoned building on Rock Hole Road in George Town at the weekend. According to a press release, the officers who spoke with the men detected the strong scent of ganja coming from the building. They conducted a search and […]

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Suspect tops Jamaica’s most wanted list

Suspect tops Jamaica’s most wanted list

| 14/07/2022 | 68 Comments

(CNS): The man who was rounded up by the RCIPS last Friday is considered St Catherine’s most wanted criminal, according to the Jamaican police. Rudolph Almando Shaw (30), a.k.a. “Boxer” or “Boxa”, was arrested in Grand Cayman after he fled Jamaica aboard a canoe. He was tracked down in George Town with the help of […]

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Man charged over guns and drugs found in canoe

Man charged over guns and drugs found in canoe

| 26/02/2021

(CNS): Police have now charged a 50-year-old George Town man with drug and gun offences in relation to a coastline bust last May. The man is the second person to be charged in connection with the case, where a Jamaican canoe was spotted by police in the Spotts Beach area off Shamrock Road at around […]

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Recovery search fails to find missing man

Recovery search fails to find missing man

| 02/12/2020

(CNS): Following a week long search, the police and coast guard have been unable to find the body of a man lost at sea following a drug interdiction last Tuesday. The missing Jamaican man had jumped overboard when police intercepted a suspect drug canoe off the coast of East End in rough seas. Given the […]

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Men charged over $1M ganja haul

Men charged over $1M ganja haul

| 30/11/2020

(CNS): Three Jamaican nationals have been charged with illegal landing and importing about 988lbs of ganja. They appeared in court Friday and were remanded in custody. Police said the ganja recovered during the incident had an estimated value of CI$1 million. The men, aged 41, 48 and 52, were arrested last week following an interdiction […]

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980lbs ganja seized off North West Point

980lbs ganja seized off North West Point

| 28/09/2020

(CNS): Three men have been charged with importation of ganja and illegal landing after the Cayman Islands Coast Guard and RCIPS Air Operations Unit intercepted a drug canoe off North West Point in West Bay last Thursday. The open-water bust happened around 3:50am on 24 September, when the crew aboard the police helicopter on aerial […]

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Border ‘bubble’ breached by drug boat

Border ‘bubble’ breached by drug boat

| 25/05/2020

(CNS): A 46-year-old Jamaican national is said to be in isolation at HMP Northward after he was charged with importing two guns, ammunition and ganja and illegal landing in Cayman. The suspected drug and arms dealer breached Cayman’s border-bubble at 5am last Thursday (21 May) near Spotts Beach.

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Cops reel in another drug canoe

Cops reel in another drug canoe

| 01/07/2019

(CNS) Two local men and one Jamaican are currently in custody after police came across what they suspected was a drug-loaded canoe while on patrol on the beach around Prospect Point early Friday morning. According to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, the officers spotted two men near a beached white canoe with several bags […]

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Construction sites turn up illegal workers

Construction sites turn up illegal workers

| 24/07/2018 | 48 Comments

(CNS): Over the last few months the enforcement arm of the Department of Immigration has been rounding up illegal workers at construction sites in George Town, Savannah, Newlands and North Side. Based on both tip-offs about specific sites from the public and approximately 30 spot-checks on individuals, between 15 May and 19 June officers arrested […]

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Immigration tracks down convicted drug dealer

Immigration tracks down convicted drug dealer

| 10/07/2018 | 46 Comments

(CNS): A man who was in the Cayman Islands illegally has been apprehended and is currently in immigration custody as a result of reports made to the department by members of the public about him. The man, who has not been named, is from Saint Vincent but had been deported from the UK following his conviction […]

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