Topic: guns
Rubio says US should stop flow of guns fuelling Caribbean gangs
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Jamaica on Wednesday for high-level talks with regional leaders. Cayman Compass journalist James Whittaker was in Kingston to get a first-hand glimpse of what the Trump administration has in store for the Caribbean.
Changes to firearms legislation to outlaw 3D-printed guns
The definition of firearms is being amended in local legislation to include homemade weapons created on 3D printers and from assembly kits.
Caribbean gangs setting up ‘franchises’ around the region
Caribbean cartels are using music promoters and performers as a front for organised crime, according to the head of a regional task force investigating drugs, guns and people trafficking.
The journey of a gun: The trafficking networks that arm Cayman’s gangs
Arms traffickers are funnelling guns, hidden in cargo shipments, from the US to the Caribbean with relative impunity, contributing to escalating violence throughout the region, including in Cayman.
Interactive: How firearms reach Cayman
With the assistance of law enforcement experts, analysts and academics, the Compass pieced together the possible route of a gun across decades and international borders and through the hands of multiple owners from its sale in the US to being fired in Cayman.
Focus on the criminals, not the guns
As an American living in the Cayman Islands, maybe the focus should be more on who is doing the shooting and why, versus where...
Case files: Fishermen used as couriers
When police make arrests and seizures in gun or drug import cases, it tends to be the courier rather than the broker that gets caught.
Premier warns of increased penalties for illegal gun possession
Plans are in place to increase penalties for illegal possession of firearms following a recent shooting, Premier Wayne Panton has said.
Police hunt ‘violent and dangerous’ gun suspect ‘One Don’
Police are hunting a "violent and dangerous" criminal suspect who goes by the name 'One Don' in connection with drugs and firearms offences dating back to early September.
AK-47 among guns, ammo and drugs seized in George Town
Four people were detained by police following the discovery of a loaded 9mm handgun, an AK-47 assault rifle and a significant amount of ganja at a George Town property on Monday afternoon.
Early morning shots fired outside George Town bar
Police found three spent bullet casings outside a bar in George Town after responding to a report that shots had been fired in the area.
Approval granted for gun club’s new shooting grounds
Plans for a recreational shooting and training grounds have been approved by the Central Planning Authority, despite contrary advice from environmental experts.
Gun club plans to build shooting ranges on mangrove wetland
Several shooting ranges may be built on one of the last remaining Crown-owned plots of mangrove forest on North Sound - if the Central Planning Authority gives it the thumbs up.
Cops seize 15 firearms this year
Police have seized 15 firearms over the last 11 months, and while Deputy Police Commissioner Kurt Walton says that is a “good result”, he wants the community to help officers get more off the streets.
Police raid in West Bay nets drugs, firearms
Four weapons and what the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service described as a “large amount of ganja” were seized during a raid at a West Bay home Thursday.
Judge asks for public’s help with firearms ‘scourge’
After sending four men to prison for possession of unlicensed handguns on Friday, Justice Michael Wood asked the public for help in wiping out what he called a firearm "scourge."
Police seize 15th firearm of year
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service seized its 15th illegal firearm during an operation in George Town on Friday.
Man in court for loaded gun, 50 rounds of ammo
Randy James Parchment, 35, appeared in Summary Court on Monday, facing three charges relating to possession of unlicensed firearms – a loaded .38 revolver and an additional 44 rounds of ammunition.
BT Man charged for Imitation firearm
A man who fled from a police operation in January has been arrested on firearms-related charges.
Police seize gun in overnight bust
An armed Royal Cayman Islands Police patrol arrested two people in the parking lot of a West Bay Road nightclub early Saturday, recovering a firearm in the process.
EDITORIAL – Cayman standoff: Cops vs. criminals
Sunday morning's showdown near McField Square can be seen as emblematic of the overall situation of crime in the Cayman Islands, with violent criminals on one side, law enforcement authorities on the other, and society vulnerable to the crossfire.
Suspect pulled gun on police
Police are hunting a 22-year-old man who pointed his gun at police in a stand-off in George Town in the early hours on Sunday.
Tortuga liquor president: ‘Worst robbery we’ve had’
A Tortuga liquor store employee was forced to open a drop safe with a pistol pointed at her head late Saturday during a post-closing time robbery that store president Robert Hamaty called the “worst robbery we’ve had” at the Cayman Islands specialty foods and liquor shop.
Al La Kebab restaurant robbed, staffer assaulted
Robbers assaulted one man and escaped with an unspecified amount of cash in a Sunday-night armed robbery of the Al La Kebab outdoor restaurant at Lawrence Boulevard’s Marquee Plaza.
Bail refused for teen on gun charge
Bail was refused for a teenager who appeared in Summary Court on Wednesday, charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm.
Experts examine gun found in package of ganja
Three men charged with conspiracy to import controlled drugs have been updated on the progress of an investigation into the presence of a gun in a package of ganja.
Shots fired, fake gun arrest
Royal Cayman Islands Police officers found three spent shell casings following an early morning call in central George Town Monday.
