Big money missing at B.E.L. collection agency

Monday clearly wasn’t a good day for Novelo’s as the B.E.L. collection agency at the company’s terminal in Benque Viejo del Carmen was robbed of fifty-eight thousand dollars in cash and thirty-one thousand in cheques. Police say Emil Novelo, a twenty-two year old supervisor, reported that at the close of business on Friday, the money and cheques were left in the cash pan of the B.E.L. agency. By Monday morning, however, the loot had vanished. Police say it is inconceivable why a company would leave fifty-eight thousand dollars in cash overnight let alone the entire weekend. News 5’s efforts to contact Novelo’s management were unsuccessful. Belmopan police have since detained an employee of the company on the theory that the heist was an inside job. B.E.L., for their part, had no comment, as the company’s agents are believed to be responsible for the money collected from customers until it is turned over to the bank.