Three charged after 450 lb of ganja found at George Town apartments
Police arrested three men on 26 March 2024 after finding about 450 pounds of ganja at apartments near Seymour Drive in George Town's industrial area. All three were charged with possession of ganja with intent to supply and bailed to return to court; the 57-year-old George Town man also faces a criminal-property charge over seized cash.
🇰🇾 compound of apartments near Seymour Drive, industrial area of George Town, Grand Cayman · Cayman Islands
Three men arrested after a drug bust at a residential compound in George Town’s
industrial area were released on bail after being charged with possession of
ganja with intent to supply.[1]A 57-year-old George Town resident was also
charged with possession of criminal property over cash seized during the arrest.[1]He and two Bodden Town men aged 28 and 29 appeared in court and were bailed
to return later that month.[1]
Police seized around 450lbs of suspected ganja in several packages in a bust
near Seymour Drive in George Town’s industrial area.[2]Officers conducting
enquiries smelled ganja from an address with several individual apartments and
saw a man trying to discard something.[2]Officers detained the man and found
he had a bag containing suspected ganja.[2]A search of his apartment under
the Misuse of Drugs Act found more packages of ganja as well as over CI$5,000
and over US$800 in cash.[2]A further search at the rear of the apartment
recovered additional packages, bringing the total to around 450lbs.[2]The
57-year-old George Town man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent
to supply and possession of criminal property.[2]Two Bodden Town men aged 28
and 29 who were at the location were also arrested on suspicion of possession
with intent to supply.[2]
Photos and video
Suspected ganja recovered by the RCIPS on 26 March 2024. Photo: RCIPS, via Cayman News ServicePhoto details
The seizure is dated 26 March 2024 from the RCIPS photo caption; the 28 March raid report describes the bust as happening yesterday, which would be 27 March, so the exact raid day is not fully settled.
The court appearance date of 2 April 2024 is inferred from the 3 April report's reference to yesterday.
The three men are identified only by age and district and are not named.
The weight was given only as around 450lbs; 204.12 kg is a conversion of that approximate figure.
Cash was reported as over CI$5,000 and over US$800, so no combined value total is recorded.
No court outcome after the April bail hearing was reported in the sources opened.
The headline calls the suspects smuggling suspects, but neither source describes how the ganja reached the apartment.
The published seizure photo carries only the caption Suspected ganja recovered by the RCIPS on 26 March 2024 with no separate credit line.
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.
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.
Police searched three premises in Bodden Town on 9 August 2022 and seized over 300 pounds of ganja with utensils and cash, arresting five local people. Three men were charged with possession and intent to supply and a fourth with possession, and all four appeared in court on 12 August while a woman was bailed.
