Landscaper gets locked up for Drug Trafficking

Peter Louriano

A landscaper has pleaded not guilty to Drug Trafficking after police allege they busted him with about eighty five grams of marijuana.  Police say they detained twenty year old Peter Lauriano at around six forty last Friday evening during a mobile patrol on the Southside of Belize City.  The cops say Lauriano was acting suspicious and when they approached him they discovered a zip lock bag in his front right pocket which contained the drug.  Senior Magistrate, Dorothy Flowers offered Lauriano bail of six thousand dollars which he has not met. Lauriano is due back in court on June twenty ninth.