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Northern Cops Copped A Kilo of Coke
posted (May 10, 2016)
Orange Walk police came up on one and a half kilo of cocaine today right in the middle of town. The cops say they got a call that someone had stashed cocaine in an open lot. They followed up on the lead, and at 3:20 this afternoon, they came upon a parcel of uncut cocaine neatly wrapped. Officer Commanding Selwyn Tillett told our colleagues at CTV-3 more:...

ASP Selvin Tillett, OC - Orange Walk
"A search was conducted on an empty lot on Pastor Street, where at the back of the lot, behind some grasses was a black rectangular pack that was retrieved by police. When the package was opened, it contained white powdery substance with a pungent odor suspected to be cocaine."

Reporter
"Do you know what would be the value of this amount of cocaine found?"

ASP Selvin Tillett, OC - Orange Walk
"Roughly about $20,000 - $22,000."

Reporter
"Do police have any information as to where this might have come from?"

ASP Selvin Tillett, OC - Orange Walk
"At the moment we are still trying to follow up on it to see if we could detect where it came from and if we can find any more in the area."

The parcel of cocaine weighed 1.4 kilos and since no one was in the area, it has been labeled as found property.

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