Three arrested on ganja canoe off South Sound, Grand Cayman
Royal Cayman Islands Police intercepted a canoe off South Sound, Grand Cayman, late on 14 March 2018 and arrested three Jamaican men aboard. Officers recovered several bags of ganja from surrounding waters plus a revolver with live ammunition.
Three men were arrested late Wednesday night off the coast of South Sound, Grand
Cayman, following a police air and marine patrol operation.[1]The Royal
Cayman Islands Police Service Joint Marine Unit intercepted a canoe with three
men aboard around 11 p.m.[1]The three men on board the canoe were Jamaican
nationals aged 34, 40 and 45.[1]They were arrested on suspicion of carrying
an unlicensed firearm, illegal landing and various drugs-related offences.[1]
A police search of the surrounding waters located several bags containing large
amounts of ganja.[1]Police also recovered a revolver with five rounds of live
ammunition in the same operation.[1]The canoe the men had been travelling in
was seized in the Wednesday operation off South Sound.[1]
The operation combined air and marine patrol assets, with the Joint Marine Unit
carrying out the interception at sea.[1]The suspected offences linked the
three men to the firearm, the ganja found in the surrounding waters and their
landing.[1]
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The seized canoe from the police operation off South Sound. Photo: RCIPSPhoto details
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 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.
