So, let's see, so far we've done drug wars, human traffic, and what's next? Of course, counterfeit! A tidy little sum of it came to the attention of police today - but the shocking part if who was trying to bank it: another police officer, and one with years in the job!
That senior police officer is under scrutiny tonight after he tried to deposit 1600 US dollars in counterfeit notes at the Belize Bank.
It happened this morning at the Northside branch on Coney Drive around 10:00 a.m., when the Sergeant, who is attached to the Special Branch, went to the bank to try and deposit the money in his account. As per procedure, bank personnel called the police at the sight of 16, one-hundred US dollar notes - all which tested positive as counterfeit.
Officers from the CIB unit responded and found the well-known officer. They collected his ID, his deposit slip and the money but did not arrest or detain the Sergeant - which is a departure from procedure. Typically, when such situations occur, the person with the counterfeit would have his or her home searched and they would be questioned at some length, pending charges of possession of counterfeit currency.
The officer was back at work this afternoon, tasked simply to write a report pending further orders. No report has been entered and the sense we get is that the senior brass of the department is hoping this one will just go away. But, it's a big deal; he's a senior man in a sensitive post, and word is all over the department and was even on facebook this afternoon, we are told. We'll wait and see what happens next.
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