Two cops arrested for extortion

It took even longer to arrest two cops who allegedly shook down a motorist, but tonight they are behind bars pending charges in court. Police constables twenty-seven year old Andres Hernandez and thirty-three year old Demian Tzul are accused of stopping a motorist at a checkpoint near Corozal Town on August seventh and shaking him down for a hundred dollars. Hernandez has been on active duty with the department while Tzul resigned last week.

In another long anticipated arrest, twenty-four year old Anever Palacio was today charged with robbery and wounding in connection with the December twenty-second robbery of two employees of Novelo’s Bus Line who were on their way to the bank with the company’s deposit. Palacio has been remanded to Hattieville prison.