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Police can confirm that a report was received in early July of an indecent assault late one evening in June of a woman passenger in a taxi by a man purporting to be a taxi driver.
Around 10:10PM last night, 30 July, police officers were dispatched to a liquor store located on McClendon Drive, George Town, where it was reported that a single male entered the store with a machete and stole cash from the cash register at the location.
The RCIPS is issuing a traffic and road closure advisory regarding events that will be taking place in George Town this weekend, 2 & 3 August.
Shortly after 8:30AM this morning, 31 July, officers responded to a report of an incident in the canal off Prospect Drive. A man had been aboard a wave runner when it exploded, injuring him. No fire was caused as a result of the explosion and the man was transported to the hospital and subsequently discharged.
Detectives with the Serious Crime Review Team have reactivated the investigation into Kerran’s disappearance in recent months, and are treating it as a murder inquiry. They are now appealing for any information, however small, someone may have about what happened to Kerran.
Just before 1:45AM today, 29 July, police and other emergency services were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communications Centre to a report that two men had been engaged in a dispute at Vic’s Bar located off North Sound Road, which led to one of the men being seriously injured.
As of this week the RCIPS has established a new office dedicated to improving the Service’s communication with victims of crime, which has been a longstanding request of the community and an objective of RCIPS management.
On Wednesday, 24 July, the RCIPS was alerted to a vessel adrift some miles off the coast of Grand Cayman. Officers from the Joint Marine Unit supported by the Air Operations Unit were able to locate the vessel, which was found to have over 1000lbs of ganja on board. 2 Jamaican nationals aboard the vessel were arrested.
This past Friday, 19 July, RCIPS officers joined with staff from the Department of Commerce and Investment and the Cayman Islands Fire Service to conduct checks of liquor-licensed premises in George Town.
