Four men in dock for drug crimes

(CNS): The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service reports that four men appeared in court earlier this week charged with a total of seventeen different drugs offences including supplying cocaine. One of the men was additionally charged with the supply of MDMA (ecstasy). Of the four men, who are aged  25, 27 35 and 43 years, two are from the Cayman Islands and two from Surinam. A police spokesperson said the RCIPS was unable to offer more details on the circumstances under which the men were arrested or when the arrests took place but added that the men were all remanded in custody as enquiries continued.

Meanwhile, police also confirmed that the men who were arrested following the seizure of 285lbs of ganja and charged with immigraiotn offences were still in custody and had not yet been charged with any drug related crimes.