Tag: RCIPS Air Support Unit
Police chopper steers two sea rescues
(CNS): Two men who were tipped from a kayak and five boaters struggling to return to shore were rescued at the weekend after the RCIPS Air Operations Unit coordinated the response to the two separate incidents caused by rough weather Sunday. Just before 3pm the police helicopter located two men whose canoe had capsized and […]
Chopper and coastguard chase drug canoe
(CNS): Four Jamaican nationals have been charged with drug smuggling offences after they were caught by the Cayman Islands Coast Guard last week and around 400lbs of ganja was recovered. A release from the RCIPS said the canoe was spotted by the police helicopter crew while on coastline patrol. After they saw the chopper, the […]
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 to buy second new chopper
(CNS): Cabinet has given the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service the all clear to buy a new helicopter to replace the one that crashed earlier this year because it cannot be repaired. The police have been in talks with the insurance company about the original machine, which, shortly after take-off at the Owen Roberts International […]
CoP denies using chopper as personal taxi
(CNS): Police Commissioner Derek Byrne has denied allegations that appeared on social media Thursday that he used the new Royal Cayman Islands Police Service helicopter to take trips overseas in order to receive an award and attend a funeral. He said the chopper was recently scheduled for a training session over mountains in Jamaica, so […]
Police chase teen burglary suspects into sea
(CNS): Police rounded up three teenagers suspected of breaking into a home on Sandalwood Crescent in George Town on Thursday morning, after receiving a call that a burglary was in progress. When the officers arrived they spotted three boys, who fled the property by breaking through a rear glass door. Police chased the three teenagers […]
Rescue report reveals resource problems
(CNS): Personnel shortages and equipment problems for the RCIPS Air Support and Joint Marine units were all identified in a report by a coastguard expert made public yesterday. The search and rescue (SAR) operation conducted by the RCIPS in March following a report that five people, including two children, were missing at sea, was reviewed […]
Cabinet made mistakes over chopper
(CNS): The independent member for East End said that mistakes were made by the PPM Cabinet he served in between 2005 and 2009 regarding the purchase of the police helicopter. As the lively and at times emotional debates got underway on Monday morning on two private members’ motions, Arden McLean admitted that he and his […]
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 […]
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 […]
125kg of cocaine washes up in East End
(CNS): Five large bales of what is suspected to be cocaine has been destroyed by the police after it was found on the beach and off the coast of East End yesterday morning. The drugs, which could have had a street value of more than $12.5 million, were recovered following a report from a member of […]
