Cops seize 9 pounds of coke in Vista del Mar bust

A drug bust in the Belize district has resulted in the arrest of two people. According to police, officers from the Crimes Investigation Unit and the Anti-Drug Unit were on patrol in the Vista Del Mar area when they stopped a white four door Crown Victoria. During the subsequent search of the vehicle, the cops say they found nine pounds of cocaine in four separate parcels in a black plastic bag on the front passenger seat. Inside the vehicle at the time were twenty-three year old Shannon Patnett and forty-three year old taxi driver Javier Martinez. The two men appeared before Chief Magistrate Margaret Gabb this morning to answer to the charge of drug trafficking. Attorney Dickie Bradley is representing both defendants and this morning entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his clients. Police prosecutor Damian Lino objected to bail and Gabb has remanded the duo to Hattieville Prison until their next court date on April eleventh.