Tonight marijuana is streaming out of northern Belize – and it's clear that some kind of Mexican connection is fuelling the link. We start with a dramatic drug bust this afternoon outside of Orange Walk near the Mameyal curve. Police were waiting for two vehicles with Belize license plates which came heading south, an Escalade and a Mercedes Sedan. Reports say the vehicles tried to elude police – but they were caught and impounded at the Orange Walk Police station where the cops hit the jackpot with a sizeable weed bust. The drugs were stuffed in hidden panels on the Escalade. Inspector Nicholas Palomo told CTV-3 more:…
The weed weighed 16 pounds and charges for drug trafficking will be brought tomorrow. The well-known Alrick Smith who was in the Mercedes was seen telling police that they have no reason to hold him because there was no weed in that vehicle.
Tonight marijuana is streaming out of northern Belize – and it's clear that some kind of Mexican connection is fuelling the link. We start with a dramatic drug bust this afternoon outside of Orange Walk near the Mameyal curve. Police were waiting for two vehicles with Belize license plates which came heading south, an Escalade and a Mercedes Sedan. Reports say the vehicles tried to elude police – but they were caught and impounded at the Orange Walk Police station where the cops hit the jackpot with a sizeable weed bust. The drugs were stuffed in hidden panels on the Escalade. Inspector Nicholas Palomo told CTV-3 more:…