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Two men aged 44 and 22 were charged on 14 July and remanded in custody.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":229.06},"details":{"agency_types":["coast-guard","police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":229.06}],"activity":["possession"],"setting":["port"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[3,2,1],"details.case_stage":[1,2,3],"details.date_precision":[2,3,1],"details.products":[3,2,1],"details.sentence_types":[1,2,3],"details.setting":[3],"figures.arrested":[2,3,1],"figures.kg_seized":[3,2,1]},"tags":["grand-cayman","frank-sound","coast-guard","maritime","rcips"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2026/07/28/two-men-charged-after-cocaine-ganja-and-a-gun-seized-from-boat/","media_url":"https://caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Ganja-1-1080x1440.jpg","publisher":"Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, via Cayman Compass","caption":"The ganja recovered from the boat intercepted off Grand Cayman's southern coast."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2026/07/28/two-men-charged-after-cocaine-ganja-and-a-gun-seized-from-boat/","media_url":"https://caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cocaine-1-e1785182933625-696x659.jpg","publisher":"Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, via Cayman Compass","caption":"Cocaine seized from the boat, in a police photograph published by Cayman Compass."},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2026/07/28/two-men-charged-after-cocaine-ganja-and-a-gun-seized-from-boat/","media_url":"https://caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gun-1-2165x1440.jpg","publisher":"Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, via Cayman Compass","caption":"The Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun recovered on the intercepted vessel."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"command-code/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The men are not named in the police statement or the reports.","No outcome after the 29 July court appearance was reported.","No street value was published for the drugs.","Cayman Compass reported 550 pounds of ganja and ages 42 and 22; the police statement carried by Caymanian Times and Cayman News Service gives 505 pounds and ages 44 and 22, which this report uses.","The reports do not say where the vessel or its crew came from."],"sources":[{"title":"Two men charged with Importation of Cocaine, other Drugs and Firearm offences","url":"https://www.caymaniantimes.ky/news/two-men-charged-with-importation-of-cocaine-other-drugs-and-firearm-offences","publisher":"Caymanian Times","date":"2026-07-27","archived":null},{"title":"Two men charged after gun found in 505lb drug haul at sea","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2026/07/two-charged-after-gun-found-in-505lb-drug-haul/","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2026-07-27","archived":null},{"title":"Two men charged after cocaine, ganja and a gun seized from boat","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2026/07/28/two-men-charged-after-cocaine-ganja-and-a-gun-seized-from-boat/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2026-07-28","archived":null}]},{"id":"cayman-cbc-shipment-30lb-ganja-2026","code":"CET-QFZXA7","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cayman-cbc-shipment-30lb-ganja-2026/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/QFZXA7/","date":"2026-05-07","added_at":"2026-11-05T10:13:46.477136Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:29:51.000Z","country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands","coordinates":[19.2869,-81.3674],"precision":"region","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"CBC seized 30 lb of ganja from imported shipment, three arrested","summary":"Customs and Border Control officers found over 30 pounds (about 13.6 kg) of ganja in packages concealed in a shipment of imported goods on Grand Cayman. 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He pleaded not guilty and in May 2025 a Grand Court jury acquitted him after he said armed men coerced him into carrying 55 grams of ganja.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":0.055,"acquitted":1},"details":{"agencies":["HM Cayman Islands Prison Service","Department of Public Safety Communications","Royal Cayman Islands Police Service"],"agency_types":["police","other"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":0.055}],"activity":["smuggling","possession"],"setting":["prison"],"charges":["misconduct in a public office"],"case_stage":"acquitted"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[2,4],"details.agencies":[2],"details.agency_types":[2],"details.case_stage":[4],"details.charges":[4],"details.products":[4],"details.setting":[4],"figures.acquitted":[4],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.charged":[2],"figures.kg_seized":[4]},"tags":["northward-prison","grand-cayman","prison-service"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The initial 29 February 2024 report gave no quantity, saying only an unknown quantity of suspected ganja was retrieved; the 55-gram figure comes from the May 2025 acquittal reporting and is used for kg_seized.","No laboratory confirmation of the suspected ganja is reported in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Prison officer arrested for smuggling ganja into jail","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2024/02/29/prison-officer-arrested-for-smuggling-ganja-in-jail/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2024-02-29","archived":null},{"title":"Prison officer charged and bailed in smuggling case","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2024/03/prison-officer-charged-and-bailed-in-smuggling-case","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2024-03-04","archived":null},{"title":"Prison officer denies misconduct charge over ganja","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2024/04/prison-officer-denies-misconduct-charge-over-ganja/","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2024-04-02","archived":null},{"title":"Prison officer found not guilty in misconduct case","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2025/05/prison-officer-found-not-guilty-in-misconduct-case/","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2025-05-22","archived":null}]},{"id":"george-town-doctors-express-raid-charging-review","code":"CET-69KBS0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/george-town-doctors-express-raid-charging-review/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/69KBS0/","date":"2024-10-18","added_at":"2026-11-06T05:53:57.30062Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"Doctors Express, Godfrey Nixon Road, George Town, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.2955,-81.3826],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"Cayman DPP to remake decision on 2019 clinic cannabis raid","summary":"Cayman's Director of Public Prosecutions agreed in October 2024 to remake the decision not to charge officials over the 2019 raid on the licensed Doctors Express clinic in George Town. A judge had ruled the seizure of cannabis products unlawful in 2021, and the clinic's judicial-review challenge was left academic pending the fresh charging decision.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{"agency_types":["customs","police","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1]},"tags":["cayman-islands","george-town","medical-cannabis","judicial-review","dpp"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The hearing is dated only as Friday in the 21 October 2024 article; 18 October 2024 is inferred as that week's Friday.","No weight, count or value was published for the cannabis oils and vapes seized from the clinic in 2019.","The reports do not say when the fresh charging decision is expected or whether it has since been made.","No arrests or charges of officials over the raid were reported; the question was whether to charge them."],"sources":[{"title":"Prosecutors to reconsider decision not to prosecute over ‘unlawful’ cannabis raid","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2024/10/21/prosecutors-to-reconsider-decision-not-to-prosecute-over-unlawful-cannabis-raid/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2024-10-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"george-town-seymour-drive-450lb-ganja-charges","code":"CET-7MW21P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/george-town-seymour-drive-450lb-ganja-charges/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/7MW21P/","date":"2024-03-26","added_at":"2026-11-06T11:05:20.472397Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"compound of apartments near Seymour Drive, industrial area of George Town, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.2926,-81.3792],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Three charged after 450 lb of ganja found at George Town apartments","summary":"Police arrested three men on 26 March 2024 after finding about 450 pounds of ganja at apartments near Seymour Drive in George Town's industrial area. All three were charged with possession of ganja with intent to supply and bailed to return to court; the 57-year-old George Town man also faces a criminal-property charge over seized cash.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"charged":3,"kg_seized":204.12},"details":{"agencies":["Royal Cayman Islands Police Service"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["possession","sale"],"setting":["home"],"charges":["possession of ganja with intent to supply","possession of criminal property"],"case_stage":"charged","date_precision":"exact","region":"Grand Cayman"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[2],"details.agency_types":[2],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[1],"details.products":[2],"details.setting":[2],"figures.arrested":[2],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[2]},"tags":["grand-cayman","george-town","ganja"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2024/04/ganja-smuggling-suspects-bailed-after-being-charged/","media_url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Suspected-ganja.jpg","publisher":"Cayman News Service","caption":"Suspected ganja recovered by the RCIPS on 26 March 2024. 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They pleaded guilty in the summary court two days later, were fined 1,000 Cayman Islands dollars and had no conviction recorded.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2,"fine":{"amount":1000,"currency":"KYD"}},"details":{"agencies":["Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control"],"agency_types":["customs","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["airport"],"charges":["importation of marijuana","importation of utensils used for the consumption of marijuana"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["fine"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Grand Cayman"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.charges":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.sentence_types":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.fine":[1]},"tags":["grand-cayman","ganja","airport","importation","celebrity"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight or street value was published for the marijuana; the agency described it only as a small amount, seemingly for personal consumption.","The BBC does not name the airport or terminal where the private jet arrived, so the place is given at island level.","The fine was 1,000 Cayman Islands dollars, which the BBC equates with $1,200 and £920; the structured figure records the local currency amount.","The case was not reported until 19 July 2023, eight days after the arrival and the court appearance.","Only one opened source, the BBC page, covers this event; local Cayman accounts were not accessible."],"sources":[{"title":"Gigi Hadid arrested over drug possession in Cayman Islands","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66244822","publisher":"BBC News","date":"2023-07-19","archived":null},{"title":"Gigi Hadid arrested, released in Cayman Islands for marijuana: 'All's well that ends well'","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/07/18/gigi-hadid-arrested-marijuana-cayman-islands/70424776007/","publisher":"USA TODAY","date":"2023-07-18","archived":null}]},{"id":"cayman-fisher-airport-ganja-9-months","code":"CET-PMB0V2","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cayman-fisher-airport-ganja-9-months/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/PMB0V2/","date":"2023-01-18","added_at":"2026-11-05T16:45:34.651148Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.2929,-81.3599],"precision":"exact","type":"sentence","also":["arrest","prosecution"],"title":"Ex-customs officer jailed 9 months for smuggling ganja through Cayman airport","summary":"Former Customs and Border Control officer Edree Fisher was sentenced on 18 January 2023 to 18 months for conspiring to import ganja through Owen Roberts International Airport, half of it suspended, leaving nine months to serve. She was charged over 6.48 pounds found on a fifth smuggling attempt, and the judge said she abused her position to steer the drugs through customs.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"prison":"9 months, half of an 18-month term suspended"},"details":{"agency_types":["customs","court"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["airport"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.date_precision":[2,1],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[1],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.arrested":[2,1],"figures.charged":[1,2]},"tags":["grand-cayman","ganja","airport","customs","smuggling"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The Cannabis and Border Control Service refers to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control; its initials are given as CBC.","The two sources give different cannabis amounts: Cayman Compass reports 6.48 pounds (about 2.94 kg) without converting it, while Cayman News Service says Fisher was charged over less than three kilos, with 2.94 kg found in a co-conspirator's suitcase in Miami, so no weight is recorded.","The more than 30 pounds Carter described covers five suspected trips and is conditional on each carrying the same quantity, so it is not recorded as a seizure.","Cayman Compass spells the defendant Edree Fisher; Cayman News Service gives Eddree Joann Fisher.","The sources give the guilty plea in June 2022 and the September 2022 change of plea; it is unclear from the Compass text whether these describe the same plea change.","No penalty or outcome was reported for the co-conspirators Corey James Miller and Kelven Claret in Cayman; Cayman News Service links a 2018 report of Miller's admission in the United States, and that is a separate case left out here.","No street value for the ganja was published.","The text gives a weight (\"2.94 kilograms\") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cayman News Service: The plot came to light when the US Transportation and Security Agency found 2.94 kilograms of ganja in Claret's suitcase hidden in detergent boxes, and Claret then cooperated with US authorities, who passed information about Fisher to the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control."],"sources":[{"title":"Customs officer jailed for helping to smuggle ganja into Cayman","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2023/01/19/customs-officer-jailed-for-helping-to-smuggle-ganja-into-cayman/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2023-01-19","archived":null},{"title":"Ex-customs officer jailed for helping smuggle ganja","url":"https://caymannewsservice.com/2023/01/ex-customs-officer-jailed-for-helping-smuggle-ganja/","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2023-01-27","archived":null}]},{"id":"bodden-town-300lb-ganja-four-charged","code":"CET-FRMSZR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bodden-town-300lb-ganja-four-charged/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/FRMSZR/","date":"2022-08-09","added_at":"2026-11-05T23:02:55.223928Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-10T06:28:33.000Z","country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"Bodden Town, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.2787,-81.2504],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["arrest","raid","seizure"],"title":"Four charged after over 300 lb ganja seized in Bodden Town","summary":"Police searched three premises in Bodden Town on 9 August 2022 and seized over 300 pounds of ganja with utensils and cash, arresting five local people. 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Police arrested them after seeing them unload packages from a canoe onto the South Sound shore in September 2017; the ganja was ordered destroyed and the canoe forfeited.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"charged":3,"kg_seized":198.67,"prison":"30, 33 and 36 months"},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower","kg":198.67}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["vehicle"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"],"date_precision":"approximate","region":"Grand Cayman"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"details.sentence_types":[1],"details.setting":[1],"figures.arrested":[1],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.kg_seized":[1],"figures.prison":[1]},"tags":["grand-cayman","south-sound","ganja","jamaica","importation"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The sentencing is described as occurring on Monday in sources published on 27 and 28 March 2018; 26 March is inferred as the sentencing date.","No market value for the ganja was published.","The Cayman Compass page's available image is identified as a courthouse and does not show the landing, canoe or ganja, so no event media is included.","The early report says the Joint Marine Unit and Air Operations responded just after midnight, while the later sentencing account describes two patrolling officers seeing the unloading around 11:30 p.m.; the reports do not reconcile which units first observed the landing."],"sources":[{"title":"Three sentenced for South Sound ganja","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2018/03/27/three-sentenced-for-south-sound-ganja/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2018-03-27","archived":null},{"title":"Three Jamaicans sentenced ranging from 2 to 3 years for ganja trafficking in Cayman","url":"https://radiojamaicanewsonline.com/local/three-jamaicans-sentenced-ranging-from-2-to-3-years-for-ganja-trafficking-in-cayman","publisher":"Radio Jamaica News","date":"2018-03-28","archived":null},{"title":"Three arrested for ganja importation","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/10/01/three-arrested-for-ganja-importation/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2017-10-01","archived":null}]},{"id":"cayman-south-sound-ganja-canoe-arrest","code":"CET-V2FGE0","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cayman-south-sound-ganja-canoe-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/V2FGE0/","date":"2018-03-14","added_at":"2026-11-05T10:40:16.193054Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:20:13.000Z","country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"off South Sound, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.283,-81.354],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Three arrested on ganja canoe off South Sound, Grand Cayman","summary":"Royal Cayman Islands Police intercepted a canoe off South Sound, Grand Cayman, late on 14 March 2018 and arrested three Jamaican men aboard. Officers recovered several bags of ganja from surrounding waters plus a revolver with live ammunition.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3},"details":{"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"case_stage":"investigation"},"data_sources":{"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"figures.arrested":[1]},"tags":["grand-cayman","south-sound","ganja","maritime"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2018/03/15/three-arrested-on-ganja-canoe/","media_url":"https://caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/25102715/ganja-canoe-696x392.jpg","publisher":"Cayman Compass","caption":"The seized canoe from the police operation off South Sound. 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He had been charged in 2017 with cultivation, possession with intent to supply, simple possession and consumption, and the court ordered the plants forfeited and destroyed.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"plants_destroyed":42,"prison":"6 months, suspended for two years"},"details":{"agencies":["Summary Court","Crown"],"agency_types":["court","prosecutor"],"products":[{"product":"plants","plants":42},{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["cultivation","possession","sale","use"],"setting":["home"],"charges":["cultivating a controlled drug without being authorized to do so","possession of ganja with intent to supply","simple possession","consumption"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["suspended"],"date_precision":"exact","region":"Grand Cayman"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[1],"details.agencies":[1,2],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[2],"details.charges":[1],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[2],"details.setting":[1],"figures.charged":[1],"figures.plants_destroyed":[2],"figures.prison":[2]},"tags":["grand-cayman","prospect","ganja","cultivation","summary-court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"marketplace/dealignai/deepseek-v4.1-flash-uncensored-fp8#max","open_questions":["The sentencing report gives only 'Wednesday' for the hearing; 31 January 2018 is the Wednesday before its 1 February publication.","The report does not say what happened to the possession-with-intent-to-supply charge; the sentencing covers only cultivation, possession and consumption.","It is not stated whether the concurrent three- and two-month terms for possession and consumption were also suspended.","No weight was published for the dried ganja in the case; the 42 plants are counted from the charge and the forfeiture order.","The report does not say when the 42 plants were seized; 27 April 2017 is the date of cultivation charged.","The earlier offence behind Ramos's suspended sentence is not described.","No later report says whether the two-year suspension was breached or the sentence activated.","The account rests on two reports by the same newspaper and author; no second outlet was found."],"sources":[{"title":"Man charged with growing 42 ganja trees","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/07/23/man-charged-with-growing-42-ganja-trees/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2017-07-23","archived":null},{"title":"Ganja grower gets six-month suspended sentence","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2018/02/01/ganja-grower-gets-six-month-suspended-sentence/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2018-02-01","archived":null}]},{"id":"cayman-west-bay-692lb-ganja-canoe-charges","code":"CET-WD6RG9","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cayman-west-bay-692lb-ganja-canoe-charges/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WD6RG9/","date":"2018-01-25","added_at":"2026-11-08T04:34:31.621767Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"near Uncle Bob Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.376,-81.408],"precision":"locality","type":"prosecution","also":["arrest","seizure"],"title":"Two charged after 692 lb ganja seized from canoe off West Bay","summary":"The Joint Marine Unit intercepted a canoe off West Bay, Grand Cayman, on 25 January 2018 and seized 692 pounds of ganja. 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Robert Lewis Terry, serving nine years for a firearms offence, and Trevino Bodden, serving two life terms, said they did not know the charges, which name no quantities, and their cases were adjourned to 12 February.","status":"verified","figures":{},"details":{},"data_sources":{},"tags":["grand-cayman","northward-prison","ganja","summary-court","contraband"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The article says the men appeared on Tuesday; 15 January 2013 is used as the date because the article was published on Thursday 17 January 2013.","No quantity of ganja is given for either charge, so no weight is recorded.","No plea was taken and no court outcome after the 12 February 2013 adjournment was found.","Only one account of the hearing was found; no court record or second outlet report was opened."],"sources":[{"title":"Prison inmates charged with ganja","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2013/01/17/prison-inmates-charged-with-ganja/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2013-01-17","archived":null}]},{"id":"spotts-newlands-ganja-grower-arrest-2012","code":"CET-6RB138","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/spotts-newlands-ganja-grower-arrest-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/6RB138/","date":"2012-08-14","added_at":"2026-11-06T06:29:39.816164Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"ky","country_name":"Cayman Islands","place":"Spotts-Newlands area, Grand Cayman","coordinates":[19.27775,-81.31092],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"One 32-year-old man arrested in Spotts-Newlands ganja operation","summary":"Police arrested a 32-year-old man during a ganja operation in Spotts-Newlands, Grand Cayman, on 14 August 2012. The RCIPS said he was arrested for cultivation and possession of ganja and suspected consumption of a controlled drug; he was released on police bail that day.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"details":{"agencies":["Royal Cayman Islands Police Service"],"agency_types":["police"],"products":[{"product":"flower"}],"activity":["cultivation","possession","use"],"case_stage":"investigation","date_precision":"exact","region":"Grand Cayman"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[2],"details.agencies":[1],"details.agency_types":[1],"details.case_stage":[1],"details.products":[1],"figures.arrested":[1]},"tags":["spotts-newlands","grand-cayman","bodden-town","ganja","rcips"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The sources give no weight for the seized ganja or count of plants involved.","Neither account reports formal charges, later court proceedings or the eventual outcome after release on police bail.","The Cayman Compass featured image has no caption or event-specific credit establishing that it depicts this operation; its embedded checkpoint-stop video is presented as related content and is not included."],"sources":[{"title":"Suspected ganja grower arrested","url":"https://www.caymancompass.com/2012/08/16/suspected-ganja-grower-arrested/","publisher":"Cayman Compass","date":"2012-08-16","archived":null},{"title":"Police bust Bodden Town man for growing ganja","url":"https://archive.caymannewsservice.com/2012/08/16/police-bust-bodden-town-man-for-growing-ganja/","publisher":"Cayman News Service","date":"2012-08-16","archived":null}]}]}