Chinese Nationals Arrested in Benque for Growing Weed

Andy Chen

A police operation early this morning in Benque Viejo has resulted in the arrests of four men, charged with the cultivation of marijuana. At around five-thirty, members of the Quick Response Team executed a search warrant on the home of Andy Chen in the Lomas del Rodeo Area of town. In a locked apartment in the duplex, police found seven cannabis plants between two to five feet tall. Inside the bedroom, they also found a black plastic bag containing nine small cannabis plants. Also in the home with Chen during the search were Hui Hui Chen, Zebo Liang and Ruifang Wu. The four men were taken before Magistrate Aretha Ford in Belmopan today, where Andy Chen took responsibility and pleaded guilty to the charge of cultivation. He was fined ten thousand dollars to be paid by September thirtieth, in default three months in prison.