Suspected illegal workers hid out on the roof of a construction site in George Town as police, working with immigration and labour officers, raided the site last week, according to the RCIPS.
Police said on Monday that they launched a joint operation with Customs and Border Control and Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman, “to identify and apprehend persons found to be committing immigration offences”.
During the operation, on Wednesday, 24 July, the officers approached workers and checked their identities against immigration records, and arrested a number of them for working outside the terms and conditions of their work permits.
One of the men arrested had overstayed for 10 years in Cayman, police said.
The RCIPS said footage taken during the operation showed men hiding on the roof of the construction site. They were also arrested, police said.
An aerial image of the site released by police shows at least one man, in a bright orange shirt, lying on the roof behind a wall.
WORC confirmed to the Compass that six men were arrested at the site – five for working outside the terms of their work permit and one for overstaying.
The five men arrested for working outside the terms of their work permits have been released police bail, according to WORC.
Later on Wednesday, police said, they arrested another three people for outstanding court warrants offences, in an unrelated operation.
“These results demonstrate the joint agency commitment to weeding out those persons that choose to flout our immigration laws and use illegitimate avenues to stay in the Cayman Islands,” Inspector Ian Yearwood said in a press release issued by police about the operation.
He added, “The RCIPS will continue to support our partner agencies to target and apprehend illegal workers.”
The Compass has reached out to the RCIPS to ascertain how many people were arrested, and whether they have since been charged, and is awaiting a response.
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