According to police, a check point was set up at La Democracia and at 9:30 Saturday morning, they saw a black Saturn approaching them. The driver of the car was told to pull over to the side of the road, but instead of doing so, he sped away heading to Belize City. The police set chase after the car and as the car arrived at Mile 23, they saw the car stop, one of the occupants got out and threw out a large black plastic bag. The person then got back into vehicle and drove off.

Police were able to stop the vehicle and took the two occupants back to Mile 23 where the bag was thrown. When the bag was retrieved and opened in their presence, it was found to contain weed. The men and suspected drugs were taken to the Hattieville Prison where the drugs were weighed and totaled two thousand five hundred and forty five grams, or five and a half pounds.

Objections to them receiving bail were made by the prosecutor but Tillett managed to get bail after he told the court that he was on parole and was the care taker of a house. He was offered bail of one thousand dollars and one surety of the same.

Patnett was not so lucky as he was remanded after it was learned that he currently has two other drug trafficking charges before the court and an attempted murder charge as well.