Well, today Deputy Commissioner Russell Blackett told us that he and another senior officer did make such a call, and he makes no apologies for it. He says San Ignacio police had already searched the truck and they didn't find any weed. He adds that 10 officers from the SPU had just been brought in from one week of duties at tourist sites in Cayo - and they needed to go home. He says that they did have three cases of contraband beer, which was confiscated after they left Cayo.

Reports we got said that Blackett had told Cayo police not to search the Nissan Navarra pickup - but says that is a lie. He says police took the vehicle to the station where the driver handed the officer in charge of Cayo the key, so that he could freely search the pickup. Blackett says he called 20 minutes later when no marijuana was found but the truck was still being held.

But, obviously there are conflicting reports, and now Senior Superintendent Mariano from headquarters has been tasked to compile an internal investigation.

Cayo police say they acted on intelligence that an SPU mobile was bringing in weed from the Western border area. Blackett, on the other hand, insists that while the officer commanding Cayo Superintendent Richard Rosado reports picking up the scent of marijuana, he was the only who detected that. Blackett says that, besides, no one saw or found marijuana when a search was done. Again, Cayo cops say they were stopped form doing any search.