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Oct 10, 2012

2 Belizeans and 1 Mexican walk in a bar; 3 walk out with cocaine charges

Pedro Alfonso Betancourt

Two Belizeans and a Mexican national were busted with cocaine on Sunday after police searched their vehicle at a bar in Corozal. The cops were tipped off about the drugs at around six o’clock p.m. and headed to C&B’s bar in Baezas Layout, Corozal Town. They searched a 2005 Ford Eco Sport SUV in the presence of the driver and two passengers. A black plastic bag containing six small, transparent packages of contain cocaine were found. Fifty-two year old Pedro Alfonso Betancourt Reed of Chetumal, fifty-one year old Alfonso Iglesias Junior of Consejo Road, Corozal and fifty-one year old Jose Nunez of San Pedro were all arrested and taken to the Corozal Police Station where a more detailed searched was conducted on the vehicle. Another bag was found under the passenger seat, containing twelve small parcels of suspected cocaine. The drugs amounted to over ten ounces and all three men have been charged with two counts of Drug Trafficking.


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3 Responses for “2 Belizeans and 1 Mexican walk in a bar; 3 walk out with cocaine charges”

  1. Storm says:

    Good job, police. Keep it up!

  2. Monica says:

    FOOLS, u should have celebrated after the delivery, instead u went to get high & drunken don’t lie, Cops came to pick u up. Good job police.

  3. verymad says:

    They went to buy the drugs at c&b everyone knows the old man MORENOsells drugs.(father of Daniel Moreno) Remember the U.S is acusing him and Zabaneh to have dealings with the Sinaloa cartel. The belizeans are out but the poor mexican is still in jail.

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