Police destroy 320 kilos of ganja in Cayman Islands
Police in the Cayman Islands destroyed about 320 kilos of ganja on 21 November 2017, comprising 184 kilos seized in arrests and operations and about 140 kilos found washed up on shore. They also destroyed 2.5 kilos of cocaine found separately, which is not counted in the cannabis total.
Police destroyed hundreds of kilos of drugs on Tuesday morning.[1]According
to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, some 184 kilos of ganjaseized in
arrests and operations was destroyed.[1]About 140 kilos of ganja found after
washing up on shore was destroyed alongside the seized ganja.[1]
The combined ganja destruction totalled 320 kilos.[1]Both component amounts
were worded as approximations, with the 184-kilo and 140-kilo figures totalling
about 324 kilos.[1]
Police said 2.5 kilos of cocaine that had been found was also destroyed.[1]The 2.5-kilo amount was described as cocaine, not ganja.[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.
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.
