Four men arrested after over 400 lb of suspected ganja found in George Town
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.
Four men were arrested after police found a significant quantity of suspected
ganja in George Town in the early hours of 14 February 2019.[1]Shortly after
5:00am on 14 February, officers on patrol in the capital saw a Honda vehicle
speeding along Walkers Road.[1]The driver ignored police signals to stop and
continued racing along the road.[1]Shortly afterwards, officers found the
vehicle empty on Rock Hole Road, with its occupants having fled.[1]
Officers then searched the vehicle and the surrounding area.[1]The search
recovered several large garbage bags nearby.[1]Those bags contained suspected
ganja, estimated at over 400 pounds (about 181.4 kg).[1]
Three of the men were from George Town and were aged 26, 30 and 41.[1]The
fourth man, aged 31, was from Bodden Town.[1]All four were arrested on
suspicion of being concerned in the importation of ganja.[1]They remained in
custody as investigations continued, police said.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The source describes the ganja as suspected and estimates the amount at over 400 pounds; 181.44 kg is the conversion of the 400-pound threshold, not an exact total.
No later charge or court outcome is established in the opened account.
No second account or official statement confirming the seizure was opened.
The page image is captioned “Ganja (file photo)” and does not depict this incident, so no event media is listed.
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.
