Tag: drug smuggling
CBC seize 30lbs of ganja, three people arrested
(CNS): Officers from the Customs and Border Control Service seized over 30lbs of ganja after identifying a suspicious package concealed in a shipment of imported goods during routine screening procedures. After intercepting and securing the shipment, CBC officers, in partnership with other agencies, conducted a physical examination last Thursday during which the parcels containing suspected […]
CBC seizes four guns in shipment from US
(CNS): Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control intercepted four firearms, ammunition and three pounds of ganja from a shipment arriving from the United States during a routine inspection on 18 December. Two people have since been arrested and the matter is under investigation. Officials said the type of weapons, the concealment method and the identities […]
Jamaican fishermen jailed for smuggling 75kg of ganja
(CNS): Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 75.75kg (about 167lbs) of ganja on a boat south of Grand Cayman earlier this year have been jailed after pleading guilty to illicit drug trafficking. Eric Junior Cunningham (42) was sentenced to 24 months and Radmond Junior Samuels (33) to 18 months following a ruling delivered by […]
CBC arrest 5, seize ganja, mushrooms and ecstasy
(CNS) The Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) said they disrupted two separate drug smuggling efforts in October and November and arrested five people in connection with the shipments from Jamaica and the US. The CBC would not say how these drug shipments arrived but revealed that in total, more than 75lbs of illegal drugs […]
Dealers jailed 9½ years for importing fentanyl pills
(CNS): Renae Hamilton (35) and Dorman Dowaine Salmon (39), who were convicted in April of importing 51 fentanyl pills and laundering around $70,000, which they made selling ganja, were sentenced to nine years and six months in jail on Friday by Justice Emma Peters. The couple were found guilty largely on the basis of evidence […]
Smuggler claims he was denied chance to defend himself
(CNS): A Grand Court judge has rejected claims made by a Jamaican ganja smuggler that he wasn’t given a chance by his attorney or the court to defend himself when he was tried for importing and intending to supply ganja in February 2024. Currently serving a four-year sentence, Benjamin Isaiah Carrington admitted landing in Cayman […]
Jamaicans, West Bayer charged in 1,500lb ganja haul
(CNS): The four men who were arrested last week following the interception of a canoe that turned out to be carrying 1,500lbs of ganja have been charged with illegal trafficking and possession of ganja, as well as the intent to supply and conspiracy to import the drug. Three of the suspects are Jamaican, aged 39, […]
Canoe intercepted carrying 1,500lbs of ganja
(CNS) The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) came across a suspicious canoe in Cayman waters early Thursday morning that turned out to have some 1,500lbs of ganja onboard. While on patrol around 2:40am yesterday, the CICG, supported by the police helicopter, intercepted the vessel, which had four men on board engaging in what appeared to […]
Couple seek potency test over fentanyl conviction
(CNS): Renae Hamilton and Dorman Dowaine Salmon have argued in court that the potency of the more than 50 tablets containing fentanyl that they smuggled into the Cayman Islands last year should be tested before they are sentenced, as it could affect what is likely to be a lengthy jail term. One of the attorneys […]
Visitor wins second appeal on fentanyl conviction
(CNS): An American visitor who was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after being convicted of importing 0.09 grams of fentanyl has had his conviction quashed and been released from jail. Adrian Frederick Scales (28) visited the Cayman Islands in October 2022 to see his mother, who was working here at the […]
Joint CICG-RCIPS operation nets 400lbs ganja
(CNS): During a joint Cayman Islands Coast Guard and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service operation on Wednesday, officers recovered more than 400lbs of ganja from the sea off East End that had been thrown overboard from a suspected drug boat. According to a release, the RCIPS helicopter and a CICG vessel were sent to […]
