A body was found washed ashore in East End Thursday morning, two days after two suspected drug smugglers whose boat ran aground on a reef told police a third man had been on board.
The man’s body was found on the shore along Austin Conolly Drive shortly before 9am, police said.
“I am working on the basis that the deceased man may be the third man who had been on the vessel that was recovered in East End on Tuesday, but investigations continue,” Superintendent Peter Lansdown said.
Police arrested two Jamaican nationals Tuesday morning, following a 911 call about a vessel being spotted on the reef off East End and packages floating in the water.
RCIPS officers from the eastern districts, along with the Cayman Islands Coast Guard and police helicopter, responded to the call.
Several packages of ganja, weighing a total of 194 pounds, were recovered from the water and from within the boat.
The two men, aged 68 and 56, were arrested on suspicion of illegal landing and being concerned in the importation of ganja.
They told police that a third man had been aboard the vessel and had made it ashore, but police said at the time that efforts to locate the man following the recovery of the vessel and packages had proved unsuccessful.
Both men were scheduled to appear in Summary Court Thursday, charged with being concerned in the importation of ganja and illegal landing.
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