Police have charged three persons in connection with Sunday drug bust. They are Peter Friesen Junior, a Blue Creek resident along with two Mexican nationals, Eli Figueroa Nunez and Azarias Manzano and are yet to be arraigned. The charges are importing drugs into Belize and drug trafficking, but according to the charge sheet, others will […]
While three persons are charged, Police Constable Norman Anthony was released sometime before ten p.m. on Tuesday, after being held in detention since Sunday evening in connection with the landing of a drug plane in Tres Leguas that night. Anthony is the officer in charge of the Blue Creek police substation which also has jurisdiction […]
The fourteen-million-dollar drug bust of a plane that came from Venezuela was achieved through cooperation from security agencies in the region. Today, the U.S. Embassy in Belize is commending Belize’s security forces for the cocaine bust. The U.S. Embassy says that the bust shows the important work Belize is doing to combat the transshipment of […]
More than eight hundred thousand Belize dollars was stolen from Kortobacco Belize Limited on Sunday in what could possibly be the biggest, well calculated and successfully executed heist in Belize’s history. Located at the Benque Free Zone, Kortobacco Belize Limited was broken into by four masked and armed men who were equipped with a blowtorch […]
According to investigators, the burglars that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Kortobacco Belize building in the Benque Free Zone gained access into the compound from an opening on the western side of the zone. According to the C.E.O. of the Benque Free Zone, Al D. Sattler, the chain link fence that encompasses […]
Police have confirmed late this afternoon that a senior officer has been placed on a five-day administrative leave beginning today pending further investigation into a huge cocaine bust over the weekend. He is Superintendent David Chi, who is the officer in command at the Orange Walk Police Station. Chi has been heading that formation for […]
The suspension of Chi and Anthony follows a fourteen-million-dollar drug bust on Sunday. A small aircraft originating from Venezuela was confiscated by police in the Tres Leguas area, Blue Creek where there have been multiple landings of bigger drug planes found abandoned. It carried an estimated one thousand two hundred and twenty-six pounds of cocaine. […]
Chief Executive Officer George Lovell, of the Ministry of National Security, says that the illegal landing of aircrafts in northern Belize prompted the police department to ramp up anti-drug operations across the country, particularly in the Orange Walk District. The success of this weekend’s bust was, in part, attributed to residents in the area who […]
Is Commissioner of Police Allen Whylie related to disgraced Police Constable Norman Anthony? It’s a claim that he categorically refuted during a press conference earlier today, admitting that while the officer is also from Lemonal Village, he is in fact a very distant relative of his wife. ComPol Whylie also spoke of the quantity of […]
While police were busy in Belize City securing the seizure of the bales of cocaine and detaining the quartet believed to be involved in the landing and offloading of the drug plane, another in-flight aircraft had its coordinates set on the Blue Creek area. The plane hovered over the vicinity but never landed. With all […]
A major heist took place in the wee hours of Sunday morning at the Benque Free Zone at the Western Border. Masked men targeted Kortobacco Belize Limited and stole more than eight hundred thousand Belize dollars. According to police, in a one-hour period, four masked men were captured by security cameras breaking into the building. […]
The carnival road march went off without bloodshed, but around nine on Saturday night, a Crooked Tree resident was shot and killed on Baldwin Drive. Twenty-four-year-old Anthony McDonald was wounded multiple times on his head and shoulders and died on the spot. McDonald had relocated to Crooked Tree to escape the dangerous streets of the […]
In mid-March of this year, reputed Mayflower Gang Leader Kendis Flowers was executed, shot once to the eye on Mahogany Street, not too far from where he lived on Mayflower Street. Six months later, on September ninth, police formally arrested and charged Kevin Bodden for his murder. The twenty-five-year-old was on the lam and on […]
The Police Department may have intercepted yet another illegal drug activity on Friday. Word to News Five is that the department received a tip on the movement of two Benque Viejo residents, who were in possession of a large quantity of money. The men were heading to Orange Walk when they were nabbed at a […]
A twenty-six-year-old Corozal resident was allegedly raped by a friend of her husband. The woman claims that on Saturday night, she was socializing with her family and went to bed around ten-thirty. Her husband and his friend remained outside drinking, but somehow she was awoken hours later by her husband’s friend on top of her […]
There is an update to the brazen robbery of Premium Wines on Newtown Barracks last Friday. More than fifty-four thousand dollars in cash were stolen from the business by three armed masked men, who entered the business just after ten a.m. Three customers were relieved of their phones before the thieves escaped with the loot. […]
Two persons were detained and then released following a stabbing incident in Camalote Village over the weekend. The victim Daniel Sotz was injured when he was attacked and stabbed multiple times. He was hospitalized and is in critical condition. According to his family, Sotz was injured by two men when he used the outdoor toilet […]
A Belizean Chinese national is tonight clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a shooting on Lovely Lane after the citizen’s parade on Monday. It is believed that the gun violence was motivated by gang warfare on north side Belize City. Police say thirty-five-year-old Jing Wu was not the intended target, but […]
Punta Gorda police are investigating an arson which occurred over the weekend. It happened in the village of Crique Sarco at around three-thirty on Saturday evening. Police say that the thatched house was completely destroyed by fire. Owner of the house, Senaida Canelo, told police that the arsonist is a man with whom she has […]
A trio of thieves netted a sizeable haul this morning, ahead of the extended carnival weekend and tenth holiday, during an armed robbery at Premium Wines and Spirits on Newtown Barracks. Sometime around ten-thirty, the men, both of whom were brandishing firearms, entered the premises and demanded money. They then proceeded to the offices and […]
There is growing concern within the legal fraternity regarding the recent declaration of a state of public emergency in the George Street and Mayflower Street communities. The Bar Association of Belize this afternoon issued a release essentially reiterating the position that the Human Rights Commission of Belize has taken, in respect of the new measure […]
The legal basis for establishing the state of public emergency in two areas is coming under question in many quarters. Defense Attorney Dickie Bradley, is also opposing the state of emergency in the south side. He has been a long standing advocate for rights guaranteed under the constitution. He says the arrests are not the […]
As we have reported, over a hundred persons were detained since the morning of September fifth, including adults and minors following the signing of the proclamation by the Governor General on September fourth. According to Bradley, he along with several other attorneys, is reviewing the law and is prepared to represent persons who have been […]
We did find today support for the proclamation by Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia. He has no problem with the Governor General invoking the constitutional powers to address the issue of crime; despite the fact that persons are being locked down for thirty days without any charges or being taken to court. Here’s what he […]
In the three days since the government declared a state of public emergency in Mayflower and George Street areas, masked law enforcement officers have barged into the homes of residents in search of gang members. According to Acting Commissioner of Police Chester Williams, they know who the ‘players’ are and it is those persons who […]
