Jamaican wanted in Cayman calls talk show

On Monday during CMR’s Cold Hard Truth with Sandy Hill, the host received a call from a man claiming that he is Shavan Claude Brown who the police have listed as wanted in connection with last week’s discovery and seizure of a boat loaded with narcotics on Cayman Brac.

But Brown, while claiming he is calling from Jamaica, said the police are mistaken. He tells the host of the show that he was deported from the Cayman Islands last year back to Jamaica and therefore could not be the individual that both the The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) and Cayman Customs and Border Control have linked to the drug find.

“The RCIPS encourages Mr Brown to identify himself to the police, either in Cayman or Jamaica, if he wishes to establish his location at the time of the incident,” the RCIPS said in an email response to questions from Cayman News Service (CNS).

According to the news outlet, on Sunday police named Brown, 28, among three people following the drug boat interception last week and circulated his picture.

A man and a woman were subsequently arrested in connection to the drug bust after law enforcers raided a home where it is believed Brown was staying.

In a press statement, the RCIPS said: “As a result of reports made to the police, and other operational activity related to wanted man, Shavan Claude Brown, today, an operation was conducted by RCIPS and CBC officers at a residence at Fish Bowl Loop in the Bluff, Cayman Brac.

“The occupants of the residence, a man and a woman, were both arrested for Possession of Consumption of a Controlled Drug (Ganja).  The wanted man was not located, and remains outstanding.”

Investigators have so far refrained from stating the type of drug and the quantity seized.

It is believed that the Cayman authorities have made contact with their counterparts in Jamaica to assist them in locating Brown.