Major Drug Bust in OW; Police Officer Charged for 40 Pounds of Weed

Dion Danielo Bellini

There was another major drug bust in the north. Over forty pounds of compressed weed was seized and to make matters worse, a police officer has been arrested for the crime. Just before one p.m. today, a joint police operation led officers to a white Jeep parked on the compound of a private business establishment in Orange Walk. There, they observed Police Constable Dion Danielo Bellini of the Maya Mopan area in Belmopan. According to an official report from police, a search of the vehicle led to the discovery of two suitcases in which thirty-three parcels of cannabis, which amounted to eighteen point two-five-eight kilograms or just over forty pounds. Bellini has been arrested and charged for “Possession of Controlled Drugs with Intent to Supply to Another.”