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It’s not a widely acknowledged fact, but it’s true enough that when a storm is about, many use the downtime for a stay at home drinking session.  In Corozal that would mean chilling out with some contraband beverages – but one popular contraband retailer got shutdown last Friday in a Customs and Police crackdown.  They visited the home of Vidalia Riverol in the Halls Layout Area and found 429 bottles of contraband Suprerior, Modelo and Miller beers, along with 44 cans of Modelo.  That’s a total of 473 beers – and two women were charged for it.  They are 62 year old Vidilia Riverol and 28 year old Jenny Vellos – they were the only ones at home at the time. 

They were charged with Recklessly harboring Uncustomed Goods.  We are told this is a business conducted at as many as four homes in Corozal town.  In this case, the beers were in the living room, kitchen and corridor.  Customs intelligence says The supply of almost 500 beers was just for Friday night and would have been re-stocked for Saturday.  Perhaps because it is such a popular spot, Corozal police were not use din the operation.