Four charged after over 300 lb ganja seized in Bodden Town
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. Three men were charged with possession and intent to supply and a fourth with possession, and all four appeared in court on 12 August while a woman was bailed.
On 9 August 2022, police searched three separate premises in the Bodden Town
district during a proactive operation under the Misuse of Drugs Act.[1]Five
people from Bodden Town were arrested on drug offences, comprising men aged 28,
35, 37 and 39 and a 25-year-old woman.[1]Three men aged 28, 37 and 39 were
charged with possession of ganja and possession of ganja with intent to supply.[1]The 35-year-old man was charged with possession of ganja.[1]The four
charged men appeared in court on 12 August 2022.[2]The 25-year-old woman was
granted bail as investigations continued.[1]
Officers recovered over 300 pounds of suspected ganja, about 136 kg, along with
drug utensils and a large quantity of cash.[1]Police described the cash as a
large but undisclosed quantity seized in addition to the ganja and utensils.[2]
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service announced the charges on 12 August and
said the charged men were appearing in court that day.[1]
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Coast Guard officers intercepted a boat off Grand Cayman's south coast on 29 May 2026 and found 505 pounds of ganja, 10 kilograms of cocaine and an unlicensed firearm. Two men aged 44 and 22 were charged on 14 July and remanded in custody.
Senior HMP Northward officer Derron Watson was arrested in February 2024 accused of smuggling ganja into the prison and was charged with misconduct and drug supply. 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.
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.
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.
