Accountant Told Police He Was “A Prophet Sent By God” Before Giving Police A Tour Of His Apartment, Including His Ganja Cultivation Set Up; He Was Fined $2,300 In Court.

By Alric Lindsay

An accountant who voluntarily showed police his Ganja cultivation setup at his apartment at Lantern Point avoided prison today, October 19, 2026, escaping with a financial penalty after prosecutors dropped a controversial drug utensil charge.

Delbert Uriah Bolton appeared before Chief Magistrate Hernandez for sentencing for possession and consumption of Ganja and possession of a utensil used to consume Ganja. Police discovered the Ganja during a routine community visit to Bolton’s apartment complex.

According to the prosecution’s facts, police officers went to Lantern Point in March 2023 to hand out flyers. When they knocked on Bolton’s door, he told them he was a“Prophet sent by God.” He added that he had the cure for Corona virus.

Bolton invited officers into his apartment and showed them his Ganja plants. The officers explained to Bolton, who has been in the Cayman Islands for 22 years, that Ganja is illegal in the form that Bolton possessed it.

A physical search of the premises quickly revealed a series of containers spread throughout the kitchen alongside a functional household air humidifier, reportedly used for Ganja.

According to the prosecution, a total of 691.4 grams (or 24.39 ounces) was found. Drug tests were performed on matter found inside a brown paper bag, a plastic bag, and stored inside glass bottles. Police also located a dry substance.

Defense attorney Keith Myers launched an impassioned plea for mitigation, describing his client’s actions as an incredibly “bizarre and puzzling” event that ran completely contrary to his upstanding daily life. Myers detailed that Bolton, a native of Jamaica, has resided peacefully in the Cayman Islands with zero prior criminal convictions, working full-time as a professional accountant.

A technical legal debate arose over Charge 3 on the sheet: possession of a utensil used in the consumption of ganja, relating to the seized air humidifier. Chief Magistrate Hernandez expressed deep legal skepticism over the prosecution’s framing, noting that it was a highly unusual interpretation of the law. “I am not quite sure a household steamer can be legally categorized as a drug utensil,” the Magistrate remarked, questioning whether everyday household electronics could fall under that statutory definition. Conceding the point, the Crown subsequently offered no further evidence on the count, causing the utensil charge to be officially withdrawn.

In handing down the sentence, Chief Magistrate Hernandez took Bolton’s decades of clean record and full cooperation into account. For the primary count of Ganja Possession, Belton was fined $2,000 (or 2 weeks’ imprisonment in default). For the consumption count, he was fined an additional $300 (or 1 day in default). Bolton was granted a structured window until November 6, 2026, to clear the total court debt