Tag: RCIPS Joint Marine Unit
RCIPS training focuses on border patrol
(CNS): Cayman Islands police, customs and immigration officers have begun a 4-week training course, hosted by the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit, aimed at improving border control and interdiction at sea. The course, being delivered by the Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre, is “designed to strengthen marine officers’ capacities to provide law and border enforcement through deepening […]
Dead fishermen were from Dominican Republic
(CNS): Police have identified the bodies of two men found last summer in a fishing boat drifting off the coast of Little Cayman, though the cause of death could not been determined. Eduard Eugenio Taveras Toribio (37) and Manuel Henriquez (58) were discovered by officers from the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit in August. They were both from the […]
500lbs of ganja recovered from drug bust
(CNS): Ricky Manderson (59) has been remanded in custody until Thursday after a brief court appearance today over charges of conspiracy to import more than 500lbs of ganja, after he was busted by police on Tuesday night in North Side. The West Bay man was arrested after the police chopper and marine unit intercepted a suspicious […]
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 […]
Cops stop suspicious boat, two arrested
(CNS): A West Bay man and a foreign national, believed to be an illegal immigrant, were arrested at the weekend by marine officers after a suspicious boat was spotted by the police chopper. Police said that at around 4pm Sunday afternoon, while the helicopter was on patrol, officers on board spotted a suspicious 35-ft ‘go-fast’ boat […]
Marine cops rescue six from boat in trouble
(CNS): The Joint Marine Unit was in action on the water again on Tuesday when it rescued six people from a 24ft boat that was heading out through the ‘Big Channel’, which was hit by a large wave. A person on board called 911 around 4pm yesterday (15 December) after the boat began taking on […]
Marine police seek answers on capsized boat
(CNS): The Joint Marine Unit is investigating the circumstance surrounding the discovery of a submerged boat (left) in the Smith Cove area, which was reported to the RCIPS around 7:30 Tuesday morning. Preliminary checks suggest that no one was on board the capsized boat and no one appears to have been injured in connection with […]
Fishermen rescued near Pedro Bluff
(CNS): The lives of two men picking whelks on the ironshore at the Pedro Bluff were saved Sunday morning by a coordinated rescue effort of emergency personnel and police divers after they were swept into the ocean by a large wave. The fishermen were spotted struggling in the water by a couple who were kite fishing who called the […]
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 […]
Cops hunt smugglers in North Side
(CNS) UPDATED: Police are asking boat owners to secure their vessels as officers continue looking for four men who may have landed illegally in Grand Cayman Sunday night in what appeared to be a drug smuggling attempt. Officers are searching in the Cayman Kai area of North Side for the four people who came ashore […]
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 […]
