Last night when we left you, a group of nine Chinese that arrived in the country yesterday had been detained by the GSU - after Immigration at the airport cleared them.
The GSU detained them as they walked out of the Immigration Office, crowded all nine into the back of a pickup and carted them off to the Ladyville Police station to review their documents.
Later the GSU transferred to them to the Queen Street Police station - which is when, we are reliably informed, the Commissioner of Police ordered that they be released since there was no reason to hold them. As we understand it, the GSU still kept them detained for five hours more - and did not release the group until 2:30 this morning.
We could not get comment from the Minister of Immigration Godwin Hulse today on whether their documents were legitimate. The group raised suspicion when they arrived from El Salvador on a TACA flight yesterday afternoon. That's because in the past, groups from mainland China have been linked to human smuggling operations. But, so far, there is no indication that this group had such a link.
As we understand it, their trip to Belize was facilitated by a well-known Chinese businessman from Belmopan.
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