CBC seized 30 lb of ganja from imported shipment, three arrested
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. Three people were arrested, and the service said the investigation remains active.
Customs and Border Control Service officers found a suspicious package while
screening a shipment of imported goods during routine procedures.[1]Officers
intercepted and secured the shipment, then examined it physically with other
agencies on Thursday 7 May 2026.[1]The examination turned up parcels
containing suspected ganja inside the shipment.[1]Three people have been
arrested in connection with the seizure.[1]
CBC seized more than 30 pounds (about 13.6 kg) of ganja from the shipment.[1]The CBC release gave no street value for the ganja.[1]Marlon Bodden, the CBC
deputy director responsible for investigations, said the matter remains active
and further inquiries are being pursued by the CBC.[1]
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No separate date is given for the screening; 7 May 2026 is the Thursday the report refers to as "last Thursday" for the physical examination, the day the parcels were found.
The service did not say what the imported shipment contained, where it came from or where it was screened.
The three arrested people are not identified, and no charges or court appearances were reported.
The quantity is given only as "over 30lbs" and no street value was published.
Only one opened source, a report on the CBC's release, covers this seizure.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cayman News Service: Bodden described the interception as a demonstration of the service's continued vigilance in protecting the borders from the importation of illegal drugs and other prohibited goods.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Cayman News Service: Bodden said the service remains focused on disrupting criminal activity through collaboration with local and international law enforcement partners.
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 found two Jamaican men, aged 33 and 59, aboard a drug canoe drifting about 50 miles east of Grand Cayman on 25 July 2019 and seized roughly 1,000 pounds of ganja valued at over CI$1 million. Rovan Johnson and Albert Campbell were charged with possession of ganja intended for importation and remanded in custody until 19 August.
