Tag: smuggling
Coast guard and RCIPS join cross-border bust
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) recently participated in an international operation that netted 14 suspected smugglers, over 5,000lbs of ganja worth almost $4 million on the street, two maritime vessels, one gun, 91 rounds of ammunition and US$9,000. Operation Rip Tide, which also involved the RCIPS Joint Marine Unit, the United States Coast […]
Smuggling suspects ‘connected to crime underworld’
(CNS): Prosecutors have alleged that two Venezuelan nationals charged with smuggling US$135,000 in cash, which was found hidden in a private plane at Owen Roberts International Airport last week, have direct “connections to the criminal underworld”. Crown counsel Garcia Kelly told the Summary Court Tuesday that the plane’s captain, pilot Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante, and […]
Two arrested over smuggling exotic pets
(CNS): Officials from the Customs Department have confirmed that a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman from Bodden Town were arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with what appears to be smuggling of exotic pets. Collector of Customs Charles Clifford said that an “unsecured animal created a scare” on board a Cayman Airways flight from […]
Cubans and locals arrested for smuggling
(CNS): Two men from West Bay and two Cuban nationals were arrested in East End Thursday evening after the police intercepted what they believe was a smuggling operation Thursday night. Following a report of a suspicious vessel near East End heading to shore, the Joint Marine Unit and Air Operations Unit tracked the vessel to […]
