Customs officers arrested a 34-year-old Caymanian man at Owen Roberts International Airport on Sunday on suspicion of importing 9 pounds of ganja and attempting to bribe a customs officer.[1] He was 34 and arrived on a Cayman Airways flight from Miami, Florida.[1] Officers who had become suspicious stopped him and carried out a secondary examination of his luggage.[2] They found several packages of ganja totalling 9 pounds, about 4.08 kilograms.[2]

Cayman News Service said he was held on suspicion of importation of ganja, possession of ganja, possession of ganja with intent to supply, and trying to bribe a customs officer.[2] After the arrest, customs narcotics enforcement officers and police officers searched his house in a joint operation and found drug paraphernalia.[1]

Deputy Collector of Customs Jeff Jackson, responsible for the customs border protection portfolio, said the Customs Department and its partner agencies could turn significant seizures into wider investigations, both in Cayman and abroad, so that people smuggling illegal drugs were brought to justice.[1] Assistant Collector of Customs Tina Campbell, who leads the Customs Narcotics Enforcement Team, reminded the public that importing and possessing ganja remains a criminal offence.[2]