Two men charged with importing 692 pounds of ganja appeared in Summary Court on Monday.[1]
The Joint Marine Unit chased and intercepted this canoe Thursday and police found 692 pounds of ganja on board.[1] The two were arrested by the Joint Marine Unit early Thursday, Jan. 25, near Uncle Bob Road in West Bay.[1]
Yoandy Swaby Ebanks, 36, is from West Bay and was due to return to court that afternoon for a bail application.[1] The second man, Terry Wright, is a Jamaican national whose lawyer deferred a bail application until he received the case papers.[1] Ebanks is also charged with human smuggling, while Wright, 39, is charged with illegal landing.[1]
Three other Jamaican men also appeared in Summary Court on Monday charged with illegal landing after being arrested in Cayman Brac on Friday, Jan. 26.[1] The three Cayman Brac men were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the importation of ganja, but in court their only charges were illegal landing.[1] The three are Andre Robinson, 33, Nicholas Maxam, 30, and O’Shane Ricketts, 29.[1]
Police said Joint Marine Unit officers came upon two vessels acting suspiciously near the Big Channel entrance to North Sound around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, and believed the vessel that made off to sea was the one later found in Cayman Brac on Friday.[1]
