Charges are reinstated in human trafficking case

Two ex-police officers whose case was dismissed for want of prosecution have been recharged with the original offence of Trafficking in Persons. Allyson Muslar and Lauren Flowers were initially charged along with Hersel Garcia in February of 2007. This was after they were apprehended between miles seventy-one and seventy-two on the Northern Highway with eight non-Belizeans who could not present their nationality papers to authorities. However, when the ex-officers’ case went to court it was dismissed when the investigating officer could not locate the witnesses to complete their written statements. That work has now been done and the charge has been reinstated but only against Muslar and Flowers. Both men were arraigned on April twenty-fourth and granted bail of a thousand dollars each, which they met. Their next court date is June nineteenth before Corozal Magistrate, Leslie Hamilton.