Tonight, four men are at the Hattieville prison after they were arraigned in Orange Walk Magistrate's Court today for trafficking heroin. They are 32
year old Jose Antonio Lara a fisherman/Tour guide of Julio Street San Pedro, 30 year old Lenon Leonardo Tillett, a BEL contractor of #20 Ebony street
Belize City and of College Road Corozal Town, 42 year old Gerardo Beraldo Allen, a tour guide of Back street Caye Caulker and 35 year old Heirder
Martin Perez an administrative assistant for Hol Chan Marine Reserve of Escalante Subdivision San Pedro Town. Perez was carrying his loaded licensed 9
mm pistol when police found all four of them outside a Restaurant, which is at the entrance to Corozal Town on Monday night. The Anti Drug Unit was on
an operation when it found 15 parcels of heroin in this Chevy Tahoe on the back seat. They weighed in at 19.6 kilograms which is 43 pounds, the largest
heroin bust on record in Belize. Tests have not been done yet to confirm what grade it is – but depending on the grade, it could have a street value of
anywhere between two and four million US dollars.
So, where was it going? How did it get here? And is there a heroin trade now passing through Belize? Well, first, police say the dugs were likely bound
for Mexico. On the second question, police cannot say yet how the 43 pounds got to Belize. As to the question of whether there's a heroin trade, again,
police have no real answers to that – only to say that one of the accused is known to be in the drug trade.
Interestingly, sources tell us police did not have specific intelligence, which led them to the Heroin. The ADU was in the area looking for a stolen
vehicle, which matched the description of the Chevy Tahoe. They searched the vehicle and were surprised to come upon to packs of heroin.
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