Tonight, two police officers and a BDF soldier are spending their second night in detention after allegedly robbing a credit union in Southern Belize.
At 8:30 yesterday morning, 20 customers were inside the Toledo Teacher's Credit Union Branch in Bella Vista Village in the Toledo District when three armed men, two of them masked and armed with what looked like M-16 rifles along with an unmasked man with a 9 millimetre pistol stormed in.
The cashier opened the vault and the safe and the robbers stuffed an undisclosed amount of Belize and US dollars into a green military bag. The also stole two nine millimetre pistols.
Later on as Police were scouring the area for clues, they saw an Isuzu Trooper with taxi plates near the Independence High School. They stopped and searched the vehicle which was driven by 42 year old Nelson BARDALEZ, a Taxi-driver of Independence Village who was accompanied by 29 year old Police constable Oswald YOUNG, and 26 year old Constable Zachario CUS, both attached to the Patrol Branch, Eastern Division, and 31 year old BDF Corporal Romel ELIJIO, assigned to the elite Belize Special Assignment Group known as B-Sag.
Inside the Trooper they found a green military bag with $34,06 dollars in Belize and US currency.
Police later found the Toyota Hilux on a feeder road off the Savannah Road near the Southern Highway junction.
Taxi driver BARDALEZ, along with lawmen YOUNG, CUS, and ELIJIO are presently detained pending investigation of Robbery.
Young recently gained prominence as a star striker for the Police Football Selection which played in the Premier League Championship.
Police also detained 26 year old Bernard LINAREZ known as "hijo", a Laborer of Independence Village.
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