Three men arrested in 1:30am ganja stop off Shedden Road
Police in George Town arrested three men at a parking lot off Shedden Road shortly after 1:30am on 3 June 2019, after smelling ganja and finding small portions on two of them and several packets in their car. The car's owner, 35 and from East End, was held on suspicion of possession with intent to supply, and two West Bay men aged 34 and 21 on suspicion of possession and consumption.
🇰🇾 parking lot off Shedden Road, George Town, Grand Cayman · Cayman Islands
Police on patrol in George Town shortly after 1:30am on Monday 3 June 2019
approached three men behaving suspiciously at a parking lot off Shedden Road.[1]When the officers reached the men they smelled a strong scent of ganja
coming from their direction.[1]A search of the men found small portions of
ganja on two of them.[1]
Officers searched the car the men were standing next to under the Misuse of
Drugs Law.[1]Several packets of ganja and drug paraphernalia were found
inside the car.[1]The car’s owner, a 35-year-old man from East End, was
arrested on suspicion of possession of ganja with intent to supply and other
related offences.[1]
The other two men, aged 34 and 21 and both from West Bay, were arrested on
suspicion of possession and consumption of ganja.[1]Cayman News Service
reported the two West Bay men as arrested for possession of ganja.[2]Police
said the matter was under investigation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Agency
Royal Cayman Islands Police Service
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
possession of ganja with intent to supply; possession and consumption of ganja
No weight or packet count was published for the ganja found on the men or in the car, so no kilograms or plants figure can be recorded.
The men were not named, and the statements did not say whether any of them were later charged or how their cases were resolved.
The two accounts differ on the younger men: Cayman News Service says they were arrested for possession, while RCIPS says possession and consumption of ganja; the report follows the police statement.
Rudolph Rambaran, a 39-year-old prison officer at HMP Northward, Grand Cayman, pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband and two counts of ganja possession after officers found 9.13 ounces on him and 6.29 ounces in his car in June 2021. He was due to be sentenced on 7 March 2022.
A police helicopter spotted a canoe off North West Point in West Bay, Grand Cayman, early on 24 September 2020, and the Cayman Islands Coast Guard intercepted it after three Jamaican men were seen throwing packages overboard. Officers recovered 42 packages weighing 980lbs of ganja, and the three men, aged 56, 44 and 31, were charged two days later with importation of ganja and illegal landing.
Police found a Jamaican-style canoe, packages of suspected ganja and two handguns with live ammunition at Spotts Beach, Grand Cayman, early on 21 May 2020. A 46-year-old Jamaican man was arrested that morning, charged two days later over the importation and supply of ganja, the firearms and his illegal landing, and remanded in custody.
Police arrested four men in George Town, Grand Cayman, on 14 February 2019 after a speeding car fled officers and police found bags containing suspected ganja estimated at over 400 pounds. The men were held on suspicion of being concerned in importation, and police said investigations continued.
