Last night we told you about those alleged contraband cops from Corozal- who ran away from customs with a "bulto" full of clothes in the pan of the police patrol pickup. The thing is, customs caught it all on cell phone camera when it happened on Saturday, and then sent it to the officer commanding Corozal - which is why the Police Commissioner was forced to take immediate action. But customs didn't want to scandal the police department - with which they work closely - so the video was not sent to the media.
But, if it's a cell phone video being Whatsapped or emailed here and there, it will turn up on social media or the web eventually, and, today, it did. Someone posted the video on the web - and we have a full breakdown of it tonight:...
This is the police pickup fleeing from customs on the road into Chan Chen village. This is the actual pursuit and you can see the officers inside the D-Max driven by Constable Elston Rojas.
The customs officer's car overtakes the pickup and swallowed in a cloud of dust, Constable Rojas slows and stops the pickup.
But as soon as the customs officers look to get out of the car, the D-Max speeds off again - and customs follows behind: this is the pursuit down the road to Consejo.
On this rough road, clearly the police pickup has the advantage - and now it's Customs which can only see the police in a cloud of dust ahead.
But eventually the police cut into one of the sugar roads - this is when they allegedly tossed the "bulto" just like common criminals do when the police are chasing them.
Back in the cane field, the senior customs officer goes to recover the "bulto".
It's a 40 pound bag - which he's handling with a cloth to preserve fingerprints. It's so big it can scarcely fit into the trunk of the car. Customs says it was loaded with clothing: assorted slippers, socks and underwear - common contraband items smuggled in a most uncommon way.
As a result of that video, driver, Police Constable Elston Rojas and the vehicle commander Police Corporal 263 Abner Marroquin were charged disciplinarily with Prejudice to Good Order and Discipline and placed on interdiction from duty.
Rojas has been in the news before: In 2011, he was one of two police officers charged for committing an armed robbery in the Corozal Free Zone.
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