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Alleged Drug Kidnapper Sent To Jail
posted (March 20, 2015)
Tonight, 24 year-old Alexander Lopez, and 41 year-old Amir Reid at the Belize Central Prison after they were accused of kidnapping a man, reportedly because they wanted to know where a stash of drugs were.

The incident happened on Monday. According to Abel Lara he was on Fabers Road when 2 men grabbed him, tied him up, threw him into a van and drove him to mile 8 on the George Price Highway. Lara claims that he managed to escape by lying to his captors and telling them that he intended to take them to a location where he knew a stash of marijuana was hidden. While they were walking to this location, he led them to an area where a vehicle was passing by. When the vehicle got nearer, his captors fled, and that gave him time to beg assistance from the driver, who took him to the nearest police station so that he could report the incident.

Well, after police investigated the report, they arrested and charged Lopez and Reid yesterday with the offence of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. They were arraigned today before the Chief Magistrate, Ann Marie Smith, and due to the nature of the offences, no plea could be taken and neither were they eligible for bail. The Chief Magistrate remanded into custody until May 14.

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