2 arrested in North Side ganja raid on Grand Cayman
Police raided a property on Further Road in North Side, Grand Cayman, on 9 February 2021 and arrested a 34-year-old woman from West Bay and a 58-year-old man from North Side. Officers seized bags of suspected ganja and ganja plants, and said the matter remained under investigation.
🇰🇾 Further Road, off North Side Road, North Side, Grand Cayman · Cayman Islands
Police arrested two people on suspicion of drug-related offences on Tuesday 9
February 2021 after a raid on a property in North Side, Grand Cayman.[1]A
34-year-old woman from West Bay and a 58-year-old man from North Side were the
two people arrested.[1]Police said both were held on suspicion of consuming
ganja and of possessing ganja with intent to supply.[2]
RCIPS officers in North Side carried out what the service called a proactive
operation in the vicinity of Further Road, off North Side Road, on the morning
of 9 February.[2]Officers searched a property there under the Misuse of Drugs
Law.[1]During the search they recovered bags containing suspected ganja as
well as ganja plants.[2]Cayman News Service reported that an undisclosed
quantity of ganja and plants was seized in the raid.[3]Police photographs
published after the raid showed the bags of ganja taken on 9 February.[1]
Police said the matter remained under investigation.[1]
Photos and video
Bags of ganja seized in the raid on Further Road, North Side, on Tuesday 9 February 2021. Photo: RCIPSPhoto details
No weight or count was published for the bags of suspected ganja or for the ganja plants, so no kilograms or plants-destroyed figure can be recorded.
Cayman News Service says the raid happened on Monday morning, while RCIPS and Cayman Compass place it on Tuesday 9 February 2021; this report uses 9 February.
No names, formal charges, custody ruling or court outcome were reported, and police said the matter remained under investigation.
Separate photographs of the same seizure were published by RCIPS and by Cayman Compass; they are two captioned images, and the RCIPS file address is on the service's own unencrypted site host.
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.
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.
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.
