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Cayman on alert as US escalates Caribbean drug operations

A US strike on a Venezuela-linked boat has sparked regional concern, with Cayman watching for increased drug patrols in Caribbean waters.
Police collect cocaine packages from a beach in East End in April 2020 while Cayman was under lockdown restrictions. Throughout 2020, police recovered 137 pounds of cocaine that washed up on local beaches. - Photo: RCIPS

Cocaine tides: Millions of dollars worth of drugs wash up in Cayman

Much of the cocaine that arrives in Cayman has been ditched by cartel boats running drugs into the US from South America.

From drones to diplomacy, 10 ways to fight gun and drug trafficking

In the final part of our series on the 'deadly trade' in guns and drugs, the Cayman Compass looks at possible policies, regionally and locally, that could help disrupt organised crime.

Fahie granted US $500,000 bond

British Virgin Islands premier Andrew Fahie has been granted a $500,000 bond by a Miami federal judge on Wednesday at a pre-trial detention hearing for the charges of drug trafficking and money laundering leveled against him.

2 charged with drug trafficking after cocaine found on boat

Two Bodden Town men are facing several charges, including drug trafficking, after a quantity of cocaine was seized on a vessel off Grand Cayman on Sunday.

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