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Dec 11, 2010

Six officers charged in biggest drug bust offered bail

lawrence humes

Six officers, including a Customs boatman, who were charged in connection with the landing of a drug plane on the Southern Highway on November thirteenth, were offered bail today.  They were charged on Thursday with Abetment of a Crime for the Importation of a Controlled Drug by facilitating the landing of an aircraft with two thousand nine hundred and twenty-one kilos of suspected cocaine. But the bail granted today is for the initial charges of Possession of Unlicensed firearm and Ammunition.

jacinto roches

The charge which was brought against officers Lawrence Humes, Jacinto Roches, Vidal Cajun, Renel Grant, Nelson Middleton and Harold Usher came after the discovery of a single bullet inside an unmarked white van they were traveling in.  The men were intercepted on the Southern Highway near its junction with the San Juan Road.

vidal cajun

Along with the single round police also found a number of items including battle dress, wet suits, GPS trackers and car batteries, leading them to believe that they orchestrated the landing and unloading of the King Air Beech Craft plane.

renel grant

Attorney for the men appeared at the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon on their behalf and four of them were offered bail in the sum of eight thousand dollars each for possession of the unlicensed ammunition.

nelson middleton

Freedom however, remains a distant dream for Humes, Roches, Grant and Middleton as the additional charge levied upon them was for an indictable offense. But Cajun, who was not charged with the importation of a controlled drug, was able to meet bail by midday.

harold usher

Meanwhile the group’s attorney Dickie Bradley is set to file a bail application for the remaining four cops.


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10 Responses for “Six officers charged in biggest drug bust offered bail”

  1. Robert says:

    The Firearms Act says the offence is not bailable. WHY FAVOURED TREATMENT FOR THESE CRIMINALS?

    Well, chances are their cartel partners will make sure they disappear. Permanently.

    If I were them, I’d refuse bail and hope to stay alive inside Kolbe.

  2. BZNinCALI says:

    Vidal, I think you are the canary in the mine, you should refuse bail & stay in jail, your attorney cannot protect you. Dickey, we are all watching, I’m not sure the cartel can be dazzled by anything other than the return of their cocaine or money, this may not be the case that you want to use your expertise or contacts to win.

  3. OW Resident says:

    Dickie again… you got no morals…

  4. His Majesty says:

    CHO WAH NEXT PLANE FI SPITE BEFO THE NEXT ELECTION WATCH ANYONE WAH BET…

  5. rAStA mAn says:

    ITS 90 DAYS….for reuglar belizeans to apply for bail for an ammunition offense!! …how long did it take for “BABYLONIONS” to be free?? LESS DAN 60!!! U knw how many lives wud hav been @ stake wit all ah dem drugs…?? ATTEMPTED MURDER…for a lil bit of moniiii… which is d wrath of all evil!! ….. (shaking my head) WEH D CLAAT WRONG WID D SPECIAL PREVILAGES DAT R ALWYZ GRANTED TO THESE INHUMANE SET OF SUCK@$?!?!

  6. Earl Grey says:

    And………….PHONES SHOULD BE TAPPED.

  7. Justice says:

    How does Dicki sleep at night? Years ago I had high regards for him but now I would not even want to breathe the air he breathes. Instaed of trying to clena up our beautiful country he assit all these scums!

  8. Richie says:

    Speaking of corrupted law enforcement officers….imagine of what is occurring at the Western Border…with Customs Officers, Immigration and others…the flow of contraband exiting from the Cargo area. Importation fees are not fully being charged on Importers….half of the fee is pocketed by those corrupt Custom Officers….the flow of beer, liquor from the Duty Free is entering the Western Border in a bid scale…and everybody is aware where these items are being stored….what do we expect to happen in the days to come…drugs and firearms will soon be flowing thru that border by these corrupt officers….

  9. Jah says:

    I don’t know why Jacinto Roaches is crying for, all his goods days has come to an end, bloody crooked and corrupt but yet he was attached to Internal Affairs now it will be his same office that will be investigating him, what a shame, crooked Roaches…

  10. Earl Grey says:

    As for TRICKY DICKIE………….DON’T HATE THE PLAYER…………… HATE THE GAME!!!!

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