Topic: smuggling
Couple jailed for human smuggling appeal conviction and sentence
A husband and wife jailed last year for people smuggling have asked a Grand Court justice to quash their conviction.
Alleged drug dealer held for 5 years loses unlawful detention case
A Venezuelan man who has held in prison in Cayman for five years, despite being acquitted of charges of laundering millions of dollars worth of gold in 2020, has lost his latest legal bid to be freed.
Prison officer denies supplying inmate with ganja
Senior prison officer Derron Winston Watson who is accused of smuggling ganja into the HMP Northward, has denied allegations of supplying a prisoner with the drug.
Crackdown at airport nets only one conviction amidst drug and firearm seizures
Between December 2023 and February 2024 Customs and Border officials tapped 27 people for a number of offences ranging from firearm possession to drug importation during checks at the Owen Roberts International Airport.
Protecting the post: Curbing the rise in illicit imports
Cayman's postal service and Customs and Border Control are working closely together to clamp down on would-be smugglers looking to abuse the local mail system to import illicit narcotics.
Venezuelan man has spent 1,288 days in Cayman jail awaiting extradition hearing
Juan Carlos Gonzales Infante, a 61-year-old Venezuelan national, who was acquitted of money laundering charges in Cayman in 2019, has been in a Northward...
15-year sentence for drug smuggler caught in Cayman sting operation
A New Jersey airport baggage handler has been jailed for 15 years after being caught in a sting operation involving a plot to ship five kilograms of cocaine from the Cayman Islands to the US.
Smuggling case back in court
A money laundering and smuggling case involving defendants who were aboard a plane containing gold and an undeclared quantity of cash was back in court on Wednesday for a preliminary inquiry.
Preliminary inquiry held in smuggling case
A preliminary inquiry was held Wednesday to determine whether the case of four men who were allegedly involved in smuggling cash into Cayman will proceed as planned.
Couple pleads not guilty in cash-smuggling case
Andre Carroll Woodman and Sandra Milena Woodman pleaded not guilty on Friday to the charge that they attempted to remove criminal property, in this case $9,000 in cash, from the jurisdiction.
Cayman leading multinational gold smuggling inquiry
The seizure of more than $4 million worth of gold at London’s Heathrow airport was the result of intelligence from a Cayman Islands-led smuggling investigation.
UPDATED: UK, Cayman investigate gold smuggling scheme
The UK’s National Crime Agency is working with Cayman Islands authorities to investigate CI$4.1 million worth of gold seized at London’s Heathrow airport on 1 June.
Additional charge for pilots in cash-smuggling case
The two men who piloted a private plane allegedly involved in smuggling cash to Grand Cayman were charged with an additional count of use or control of criminal property on Thursday afternoon.
Eight arrested in postal smuggling cases
Cayman’s Customs and Border Control’s courier section has arrested eight people in recent weeks for trying to smuggle contraband into the country via the postal service.
Two additional suspects charged in smuggling case
Two additional people were charged with crimes Tuesday in relation to a private plane that allegedly brought gold and cash to Grand Cayman on 4 June.
No fingerprints found in smuggling case
The two men accused of being engaged in smuggling after piloting a private plane carrying gold and cash to Grand Cayman were back in court on Thursday for a case management hearing.
2 in court on smuggling charges
Bail was denied Tuesday for two men accused of being engaged in smuggling after they piloted a private plane carrying gold and cash to Grand Cayman.
Police keep up pressure on drug smugglers
Police will keep up the pressure on criminal gangs shipping drugs into the Cayman Islands after confiscating more than $1 million of ganja in six major marine raids during 2018.
Bail granted 4th time in ‘sugar glider’ case
Police have extended bail for the fourth time for the suspects involved in the alleged smuggling of an exotic pet known as a “sugar glider” into Cayman. “The suspects’ bail has been extended until Oct. 4 and no charges have been filed as yet."
Four arrested for smuggling, illegal landing
Police arrested two Cubans and two men from Cayman in East End on Thursday evening after receiving a report of a “suspicious vessel” making its way to shore.
Suspected smuggler arrested in North Side
A man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of smuggling after the crew of the police helicopter spotted a suspicious vessel two miles north of Cayman, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reported.
