Corozal Police continue to look into the incident in which a police officer shot and injured two men in San Victor, Corozal. The village is a hot spot for the flow of contraband goods into Belize because of its proximity to the Rio Hondo. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says their investigations show that the […]
A well-coordinated and strategic anti-drug operation led to a police shootout and the confiscation of one thousand two hundred and ten parcels of cocaine packed in forty-one bails on board a King Air twelve engine aircraft. The parcels had the marking “Oro” and “Cat” on it. Six persons, four from Honduras, one from Ecuador and […]
According to the Commissioner, at the sight of law enforcement officers, one of the vehicles with suspects in it took off. Officers set chase while others remained at the landing scene. That is when the fiery shoot-out between police and the drug traffickers took place. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Shots were fired and […]
Three of the men who were shot are under heavy police guard at the K.H.M.H. where officers this morning were shown several of the exits. Interestingly, no locals were found at the scene. The drug plane is in good condition and authorities are preparing to have it relocated to the B.D.F. air wing at the […]
At today’s press briefing, C.E.O. in the Ministry of National Security, Retired Colonel George Lovell spoke to the importance of working with regional partners and countries that form part of the trans-national drug operation network. Ret’d Col. George Lovell, C.E.O., Ministry of National Security “We have been working closely with our allies and it […]
A brawl on Saturday night in San Ignacio led to murder. It started among a group of twenty persons and soon escalated in front of a well-known supermarket. Twenty-six year old Berrisford Budna had joined in the wild confrontation. He left the violent scene but was followed and later found stabbed to death in a […]
A pair of twenty-year-old men received various degrees of injury following a shooting incident on George Street on Sunday morning. Laquan Flowers and Mark Phillips were reportedly at a residence sometime shortly before midday when a grey sports utility vehicle drove up from the direction of Racecourse Street. One of the occupants of the S.U.V. […]
There is word that Reynaldo Verde, Deputy Director of General Services in the General Sales Tax Department, has been arrested in the United States. Verde was attending a conference in Belgium and was on his way back to Belize. He was nabbed in Washington D.C.by U.S. law enforcement. Verde is said to be under investigation […]
The murder trial of William ‘Danny’ Mason and his alleged accomplices resumed this morning in the Belmopan Supreme Court before Justice Antoinette Moore. The defense case against brothers Keron and Terrence Fernandez, Ashton Vanegas and Ernest Castillo was closed today and Mason’s is set to commence on September eleventh. All five men were read their […]
On Friday, the M.I.T. unit and other police officers conducted a vehicular checkpoint at mile sixteen, on the Phillip Goldson Highway. They confiscated two guns and six live rounds of ammunitions from a group of six persons identified as Belize City Cook, Moses Moore, Juan Canek, a Construction Worker of Plues Street, Julian Dyer, a […]
Police believe they have detained the suspects who were part of a heist in Corozal Town last Friday. Today, Head of the National Crimes Investigation Branch A.C.P. Joseph Myvett told the media that the Corozal Police were alerted of the armed robbery at Frys Store located on Santa Rita Road in Corozal Town around five- […]
Concerns are growing for missing teenager Christopher Chi. A Jasmine Alert has been issued for the fourteen-year-old youth of Yo Creek Village in Orange Walk. Christopher was last seen with a so-called friend on Friday, September sixth. Christopher and the male person were on a motorcycle. Since then, his family has not heard from or […]
The village of San Victor is located off the Philip Goldson Highway in the Corozal District. Its strategic location in proximity of the Rio Hondo has converted it into a hot spot for contrabandistas who go five miles to cross the river and smuggle products from neighbouring Chetumal. Police and customs are constantly on patrol […]
Late this evening police issued an official report saying that Police were on patrol in the Village around five o’clock on Thursday evening. As they neared the river, they saw a pickup loaded with contraband beers and soft drinks. The Police report adds that when officers intercepted the pickup, they were attacked by villagers with […]
Coastguard officer Brian Orellana was granted and met bail in the Supreme Court this morning where he appeared before Justice Herbert Lord in the presence of attorney Hurl Hamilton. The charge against Orellana is that on Monday morning he assaulted Cristina Teul with a firearm in the San Martin area of Belmopan. He was initially […]
Bartolo Shish stands accused of forcibly abducting a teenage minor and sexually assaulting her. The incident happened at the Welcome Center in San Ignacio where the fifteen-year-old girl was allegedly taken against her will and driven to Belize City on August twenty-third. But it wasn’t until September third, ten days after the initial report was […]
A number of persons have been dragged to court and charged for being members of gangs. One such person who appeared this morning in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court is twenty-six-year-old Brandon Bennett, a resident of Louise Bevans Street, Belize City. Bennett, who was unrepresented, appeared before Senior Magistrate, Tricia Pitts-Anderson and was charged of […]
Godwin Flowers, a messenger of Curassow Street, Belize City was taken to the court this morning to be arraigned for charges of dangerous harm and use of deadly means of harm in relation to a stabbing incident that left a person injured. Flowers appeared before Senior Magistrate, Aretha Ford for the offenses against Oliver Rodriguez. […]
Mike’s Store in Vista Del Mar, Belize District, was hit by robbers on Wednesday night. Sometime after seven p.m., Ladyville police were called out to Manta Ray Boulevard where area residents had gathered seconds after the store was robbed. Reports from the area are that the residents helped in capturing one of three thieves who […]
Two men are in police custody pending charges of drug trafficking after being nabbed with ten pounds of compressed marijuana in the vicinity of Pachakan Village in the Corozal District. The bust happened on Wednesday night when officers in the area reportedly observed suspicious activity. The vehicle was pulled over and subsequently taken to the […]
Belize City resident, Oliver Rodriguez is lucky to be alive tonight. Rodriguez came under attack by a man on a bicycle. It happened at around seven o’clock on Wednesday night on North Creek Road in the City. Rodriguez was walking when he was approached by his attacker. That man jumped off the bicycle, pulled out […]
The court sent a Caye Caulker resident behind bars since he was unable to pay an old fine; on Thursday he was back in court for stealing two bottles of Black Label whiskey. Jose Augustine appeared before Magistrate, Emmerson Banner on a single charge of theft for stealing the liquor last week from the store […]
Brian Orellano has brought the Belize Coast Guard into disrepute by allegedly discharging a firearm in public during an altercation with Christina Teul in which she was also reportedly assaulted with the weapon. Tonight, he is on remand at the Belize Central Prison and his future with the coast guard hangs in the balance. Orellano […]
While Orellano is cooling his heels on pre-trial detention, another man has been arrested and charged for an incident involving a minor. Bartolo Shish, a resident of San Antonio, Cayo District is facing three counts for forcible abduction and sexual assault following a report that he took a fifteen-year-old girl against her will from the […]
Coast Guard Officer, Brian Orellana, is behind bars tonight. He has been criminally charged for allegedly attacking Christina Teul, hitting her with a handgun and firing the weapon. Orellana was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of wounding and one count of discharging a firearm in public. He stands accused of appearing […]
