Customs and Border Control officers on Tuesday, 15 Aug. arrested two Caymanian men in connection with the importation of three unlicensed firearms and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, along with a quantity of cannabis and cannabis products.
The CBC, in a press release issued Thursday, said the intercepted items were being imported through a courier company. The firearms were 9mm handguns.
The two arrested men are in custody as the investigation progresses.
“This is a significant interception and I commend our CBC officers for their diligence and focus on their tasks. They are our frontline heroes,” CBC Director Charles Clifford said in the press release.
He added, “We are concerned at the amount of drugs, in various forms, and other contraband that we continue to seize at our various control points. The recent seizure of these three firearms and ammunition along with the associated arrests validates our intelligence-led risk management methodology.”
Senior Deputy Director Bruce Smith, head of CBC’s Intelligence, Investigations and Sister Islands Portfolio, also praised the officers. “Our Investigations Section will now conduct a robust investigation which will support criminal charges against the perpetrators,” he said.
Noting it was now a joint investigation with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, he added, “we will go where the evidence leads us”.
Related Videos
