Tag: Joint Marine Unit
Cops recover 350lb of ganja in latest haul
(CNS): Five men from Grand Cayman were arrested shortly after midnight on Monday after another major drug interdiction by the RCIPS. Officers on patrol in the Red Bay area at around 12:30am on 26 August came across a group of men trying to place a boat on a trailer at the dock. When they approached […]
Police come to rescue of stranded boat
(CNS): On Tuesday the Joint Marine Unit, assisted by the police helicopter and the US Coast Guard, came to the rescue of a stranded boat, which had four people on board, that was running out of fuel some 70 miles off the coast of the Cayman Islands. Police were alerted that something might be wrong […]
1,200lbs of ganja seized by marine unit
(CNS): A 32-year-old man from Cayman Brac is facing a number of serious drug charges after he was caught by marine cops on Tuesday night aboard a vessel off the coast of East End with around 1,200lbs of ganja worth more than CI$1 million. The haul is one of the biggest ever that law enforcement […]
Owners urged not to leave boat fuel tanks full
(CNS): Boat owners are being urged by the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit to take extra security measures with their boats to avoid what the police described as “opportunistic thefts”. Officers warned owners not to leave too much fuel in the tanks aboard their boats to make them less attractive. Aside from locking their vessels, officers said […]
George Town man critical following boat fire
(CNS): A 46-year-old man is being airlifted to the United States suffering from severe burns to his arms and legs following a flash fire on a boat Saturday. Police said that the George Town man was doing repair work on the 40-foot pontoon boat at the Reef Dock, North Church Street, yesterday morning at around […]
Boater has narrow escape, rescued by Marine Unit
(CNS): A 69-year-old man was rescued from the North Sound on Saturday evening by the Joint Marine Unit after the boat he was in capsized, the RCIPS confirmed Monday. The man had been in a small pontoon boat with another man, who had swum to the shore to raise the alarm. At around 7pm when […]
