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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) announces the seizure, on the 29th of August, of approximately two (2) pounds of Methamphetamine also known as “Crystal Meth”.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that at approximately 6:00am on Friday, 22 September a vessel with four (4) male migrants arrived in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac.

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The Customs and Border Control Service has confirmed that at approximately 12:45pm today, 22nd September 2023, a small fire occurred at the CBC Detention Center at Fairbanks.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that at approximately 6:50am on Sunday, 10 September a vessel with four (4) male migrants arrived in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac. 

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that at approximately 8:00am on Thursday, August 24th, a vessel with six (6) male migrants and one (1) female migrant arrived on the South Side of Cayman Brac.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) announces that on Sunday, 20th August 2023 an inbound commercial fishing vessel was boarded by Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) officers and then escorted to the George Town Port by CICG.

The in-ward escort allowed for carrying out required vessel clearance protocols as established in the Customs & Border Control Act.

Between Sunday, 20th, and Monday, 21st August 2023, CBC and partner agencies conducted inspections of the vessel, its cargo, and crew resulting in the recovery and seizure of a significant sum of money along with four (4) packages containing a white substance, later field tested revealing a positive result for cocaine.

Five foreign nationals (all males) were arrested and taken into custody in connection with the undeclared money and the importation of a controlled drug.

CBC Acting Director Bruce Smith stated, “This interception, arrest, and seizure is indicative of the dedicated CBC, Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS), and CICG personnel and the strong collaborative spirit and good working relations that exist allowing the team to effectively respond to the tasks at hand.” He continued, “I commend all involved for their individual and collective efforts for maintaining focus and for their commitment to the ensuing investigation.”

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms a vessel with three (3) male migrants arrived in Long Beach, Spot Bay, Cayman Brac at approximately 8:00am today, Friday, 18, August 2023.

The migrants will be processed with established CBC protocols.

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The Customs and Border Control Service announces that on Tuesday, 15th August 2023, three (3) unlicensed firearms, over one hundred (100) rounds of ammunition were intercepted, along with a quantity of cannabis and cannabis products which were being imported through a Courier company.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that at approximately 6:08am on Thursday, August 10th, a vessel with ten (10) male migrants disembarked in Gun Bay, East End in Grand Cayman.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control confirms the arrests of two American nationals, Jelena Noura Hadid and Leah Nicole McCarthy for the importation of marijuana and importation of utensils used for the consumption of marijuana, on 10 July 2023. The two females, who arrived on a private aircraft to the Cayman Islands from the United States were arrested following a search of their luggage, and a small amount of marijuana was recovered. Both parties appeared in Summary Court on 12 July and were charged with the importation of a controlled drug and the importation of a drug utensil. They entered guilty pleas and were fined CI $1,000.00 and no conviction was recorded.

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Luisa McLaughlin of the Cayman Islands Customs & Border Control (CBC) has been selected as the Ministry of Border Control and Labour Chief Officer’s Choice for February.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated four (4) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Thursday, 8 June 2023 and one (1) one on Monday, 19 June 2023.

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The legal requirement for non-Caymanian residents and their accompanying dependents to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has been lifted.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated three (3) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Thursday, 1 June 2023.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated four (4) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Monday, 29 May 2023.   

The four male migrants were accompanied by Customs & Border Control Officers and departed Grand Cayman on a non-chartered Cayman Airways flight at approximately 6:40pm.

CBC Director Charles Clifford said “Thank you to our CBC officers for executing another successful operation.” Additional repatriation flights will be arranged as processing continues.

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 The Cayman Islands will host the upcoming Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) 45th conference from 7th – 9th June 2023.

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Cabinet on 25 April 2023, approved the Customs and Border Control (Prohibited Goods) (Amendment) Order, 2023 which will see new import restrictions on some categories of vehicles whose model year is eight years or older.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated six (6) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday, 18 April 2023.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (“CBC”) has announced the occurrence of two separate drug seizures and associated arrests.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated an additional ten (10) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday, 15 March 2023.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (“CBC”) has announced that on the 24th February 2023 during the inspection of a parcel at the Airport Post Office Parcel Post, CBC officers discovered 200 Fentanyl tablets concealed in an incoming package.

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Customs & Border Control Service (CBC) recently received approval to regularise staff salaries, completing a commitment management made to resolve pre-merger salary inequities within CBC.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control (CBC) announces the reopening of their Visa Office in Kingston, Jamaica on 1 March 2023. The office closed to the public in March 2020 due to COVID-19 and converted to a virtual operation by servicing the public’s queries and applications.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated fifteen (15) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday, 14 February 2023.  The twelve (12) males and three (3) females departed on the chartered Cayman Airways 737-8 from Grand Cayman at 8:39am and arrived in Cuba at 9:23am.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated twenty (20) migrants to the Republic of Cuba, today, Tuesday 31 January 2023.

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The Customs & Border Control Service confirms that earlier today, 28, January 2023, CBC Officers seized three (3) firearms, a 9mm Semi-Auto Rifle; a 9mm Pistol; and 12 gauge shotgun from a male passenger arriving from Canada at Owen Roberts International Airport (ORIA). The Deputy Premier and Minister for Border Control & Labour Hon., Chris Saunders said “I commend the actions of the CBC Officers in seizure of these weapons. It’s because of their skills and training that they are able to make such finds and continue to protect our borders.” 

The passenger was arrested and remains in custody and investigations are on-going.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that six migrants arrived in a vessel which came ashore in North Side on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at approximately 2:00pm.

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Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman (WORC), Customs & Border Control (CBC) and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) worked together to remove a person wanted by the Jamaican authorities for information relating to a murder in Jamaica.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) assisted by officers from Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Services and Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman carried out two successful operations on 11 January 2023.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with three (3) male migrants arrived in Grand Cayman around 5:00am on Monday, 2 January 2023. The migrants came ashore and were assisted by a private citizen.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms several migrant vessels arrived in the Cayman Islands over the holidays.

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Amendments to the Customs and Border Control Act (2022 Revision) passed in Parliament on Monday, 12 December will allow for faster determination of asylum applications and appeals to reduce the length of time migrants who do not qualify for refugee protection spend in the Cayman Islands.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that seven (7) male migrants arrived on the South Side of Cayman Brac on Monday, 12 December at approximately 8:30pm. 

They will be processed in accordance with established CBC protocols.

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Air Cargo Collection

Cayman Brac, 8th December 2022 - Due to the increase in the volume of air cargo during the Christmas season, the Customs & Border Control Service (CBC), is encouraging businesses and individuals in the Sister Islands to collect their cargo as soon as possible from the Cayman Airways Warehouse at the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport. For assistance, contact CBC at 948-2222 or 948-1310.

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The Cayman Islands Customs & Border Control Service (CBC) would like to remind persons who are importing goods for the holiday season to ensure all supplier or sales invoices are provided to your appointed Agent before the goods arrive.  This would help ensure a timely clearing and release of the goods.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that on Monday, 28 November a vessel with ten (10) migrants, four (4) females and six (6) males, arrived in East End at approximately 1:30am.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that over a two day period, seven (7) migrants arrived in Cayman Brac.

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The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) received a call at approximately 17:00 hours on Saturday, 26 November from a motor tanker 170 nautical miles WNW of Grand Cayman notifying that they came upon a small craft.

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With immediate effect, visiting musical acts, entertainers, artists and performers will no longer be able to perform in the Islands through the grant of a Visitor’s Work Visa by the Customs & Border Control Service (CBC).

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The Cayman Islands Government recently approved duty waivers on several energy efficient devices and building materials.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that seventeen (17) migrants, sixteen (16) males and one (1) female were rescued by the Cargo Ship, Caribe Legend which was destined to Grand Cayman.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with three (3) male migrants arrived in the Spot Bay area of Cayman Brac on Sunday, 13 November 2022 at approximately 6:45am.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that nineteen migrants have arrived in Cayman Brac within two days.

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The Public Health Department, Customs and Border Control (CBC) and the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) would like to offer clarity on questions originating in the community relating to the emergence of dengue in Cayman Brac.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with three (3) male migrants arrived in Cayman Brac on Wednesday, 26 October at 7:00pm and then on Thursday, 27 October another vessel with thirteen (13) males and one (1) female for a total of 14 migrants arrived at 5:52pm.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with thirty four migrants arrived in Cayman Brac at approximately 1:45pm on Monday, 24 October 2022. 

Twenty eight (28) males and six (6) females disembarked the vessel and will be processed in accordance with CBC’s established protocols.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that eight (8) male migrants arrived in Cayman Brac at approximately 2:15pm on Thursday, 20 October 2022 and another five (5) male migrants and two (2) female migrants arrived in North East Bay area of Cayman Brac at approximately 7:15am on Friday, 21 October 2022.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that four vessels with a total of eleven (11) male migrants and one (1) female migrant arrived in Cayman Brac at approximately 11:15 today, Wednesday, 19 October 2022. 

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that two vessels with a total of ten (10) male migrants arrived in Cayman Brac today, 4 October around 9:10am this morning.

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Due to the projected path of Tropical Depression and forecasted strengthening, Customs & Border Control Service (CBC) are encouraging ­Importers who have cargo at the Port Authority Warehouse and CBC’s Transit Shed, to complete the import process and collect their cargo as soon as possible.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with six (6) male migrants and one (1) female migrant arrived in East End, off Morritts Tortuga Club at approximately 2:30 am on Wednesday, 21 September 2022.

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The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) confirms that a vessel with seven (7) male migrants and one (1) female migrant arrived in Cayman Brac at approximately 1:00 pm on Wednesday, 7 September 2022.

The 8 migrants have disembarked the vessel and are being processed in accordance with CBC’s established protocols.

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It is with profound sadness that we have learnt of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen on the afternoon of 8 September at Balmoral.

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I come to you today with a heavy heart having learned of the passing of Her Majesty, our Queen Elizabeth II, at Balmoral Castle on 8th September 2022.

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Buckingham Palace has announced that the longest reigning Monarch, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, passed away peacefully this afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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In commemoration of the life of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, all flags are flying half-mast today, 8 September 2022 until further notice.

The Queen passed away peacefully this afternoon, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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  6. Irregular Migration from Cuba a Regional Issue
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  9. Temporary Accommodations Arranged for Migrants
  10. Seven Migrants Arrive in Cayman Brac
  11. No partnership in WORC/CBC Job Offering Flyer Advertised on Social Media
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  13. Twenty Migrants Arrive in Cayman Brac
  14. CBC Mass Migration Contingency Plan In Place
  15. Migrants Arrive Dehydrated and in Need of Care
  16. CBC Warning: Fentanyl Seizures in Cayman
  17. CBC Hires 32 Caymanian Recruits
  18. Seaborne Migrants Arrive in Grand Cayman & Cayman Brac
  19. Customs Online System (COLS) Streamlined with CIG eServices
  20. More Migrants Arrive
  21. Migrants come ashore in Cayman Brac
  22. Import Duty Waived on Essential Products
  23. Migrants come ashore in East End
  24. New CBC Automated Border Control Kiosks Offered for Arriving Passengers at ORIA
  25. Customs & Border Control Service Joint Risk Operation Complete
  26. COVID-19 Vaccination Now Required For Certain Permit Holders
  27. Marine Vessels Traveling To The Sister Islands Need CBC Clearance
  28. CBC Cargo Distribution Office at the Port Closed on Saturday
  29. Bills To Introduce Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations for Work Permit Applicants Published
  30. CBC Investigates Missing Migrants
  31. Illegal Edibles And Marijuana Seized Upon Importation
  32. Process to Assign Cargo Agents Now More Convenient Using the CBC COLS System
  33. Illegal Substance Found In Imported Goods
  34. Deputy Premier Tours DLP, CBC, and WORC
  35. Multi Agency Law Enforcement Resolution Of Migrant Situation
  36. CBC Confirms Migrant Situation Has Been Resolved
  37. CBC Update On Return Of Migrants
  38. Migrants Return To Grand Cayman
  39. CBC Confirms Migrants Unable to be Located
  40. CBC Statement on Exemption Granted to Spouse of Asylum-Recipient
  41. Migrants Arrive in Cayman Brac
  42. CBC Statement on Protesting at the Government Administration Building
  43. CBC Conducts Awareness Session for Chamber of Commerce Members
  44. Cayman Islands Inbound Travel Guidance
  45. Importing Goods for the Holiday Season
  46. Migrants Arrive in Little Cayman
  47. Migrants Unable to be Located
  48. CBC to launch Customer Support Centre
  49. Importation Of Ganja From Canada Seized
  50. CBC Officers Completed Risk and Compliance Management Course
  51. CBC Officers Received Internal Cross Training
  52. Courier companies ill-prepared for workload
  53. CBC Imports at an all time record-breaking high
  54. CBC Confirms Officer Tested Positive for COVID-19
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