A Jamaican national wanted for murder by that country’s authorities, identified as Neville Peter Butler, 27, was among four men arrested in an operation over the weekend, police have said.
He is the second Jamaican murder suspect arrested on local shores in recent weeks.
Last month, Rudolph Almando Shaw, who was wanted in Jamaica for multiple murders, was arrested in Cayman. He was “escorted” out of Cayman by police and Customs and Border Control officers on 27 July in accordance with section 101(3) of the Customs and Border Control Act, 2021 Revision.
Butler, according to a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service statement issued on Monday, is wanted for murder by Jamaican authorities and is also believed to have been the man who fled during the arrest of Shaw on 8 July.
Shaw, 30, also known as ‘Boxa’, has been described by senior Jamaican police as a leading member of the Wildlife Gang, and is a prime suspect in at least three killings.
Shaw was arrested in Seymour Road, George Town, after the car he was travelling in rammed a police vehicle.
The arrest was made after Firearms Response Unit officers in a marked police car approached a vehicle with two people inside, including Shaw.
The men tried to escape and rammed into the police car, disabling their vehicle.
Butler eventually escaped arrest, but Shaw was held.
However, on Saturday, 6 Aug., Butler’s time on the run came to an end when RCIPS officers stopped a vehicle in the vicinity of Batabano Road, West Bay while conducting a proactive operation.
The RCIPS said as the driver stopped one of the occupants was seen throwing a package from the vehicle; it was found to contain suspected ganja.
All four men were arrested on suspicion of possession of ganja.
Police said it was later confirmed that three of the occupants – ages 27, 29, and 29 and all Jamaican nationals – were on island illegally. Butler was among those three.
They were additionally arrested on suspicion of illegal landing.
A fourth Jamaican man, age 34, is a work-permit holder.
Police are continuing their investigations.
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