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Caught With Conch, Men Taken To Court
posted (March 4, 2016)
Yesterday, we told you about the 4 fishermen that the Fisheries Department caught with just under a thousand illegal fisheries products, including a little over 800 juvenile conch.

Well they are 31 year old Freddy Cortez, 21 year old Yadir Vargas, 49 year old Cipriano Flores along with 18 year old Ricky Teck. Tonight all 4 men are out of bail.

They were arraigned late yesterday evening on the charge of possession of undersized conch, and each were separately charged for a small portion of the conch, which the Fisheries Department claims they took ownership of. But in court, they told the sitting magistrate that the fisheries products weren't theirs, and they pleaded not guilty to that. After that, they were released on bail.

As we told you, on Wednesday, the Fisheries Department stopped their boat near Alligator Head Caye, which is south of Belize City. The officers searched their boat and found these conch, majority of which were so small, they looked to be the size a cigarette lighter.

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