Friday, April 19, 2024

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Found Property
*On Saturday, August 22nd at 6PM, acting on San Pedro Special Branch Intelligence, Caye Caulker Police retrieved a black plastic bag containing a shoe box from a water taxi cargo section in Caye Caulker Village. When the box was opened, police found two parcels wrapped in black plastic and transparent tape which contained suspected Cannabis. The drugs were then transported to the Caye Caulker Police Station where it was weighed and amounted to 1,140 grams or 2 ½ pounds. It was then labelled and deposited as found property. 1140 grams
Drug Trafficking
*On Thursday, August 20th at 3PM, acting on Special Branch Intelligence, a team of Special Branch and Criminal Investigation Branch personnel visited the vegetable shop of Ernildo Estrada and Lydia Gonzalez located on Laguna Drive, Boca del Rio Area to conduct searches for illegal drugs. The search led to the discovery of black plastic bag containing 109.9 grams of Cannabis which was hidden behind a stereo system. Further searches was conducted on Estrada which led to the discovery of a transparent plastic bag containing 15 small parcels of Cannabis which amounted to 12.9 grams. Estrada and Gonzalez were jointly charged for Drug Trafficking, and Estrada was also separately charged for Possession of a Controlled Drug.

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