It’s a big bust for Customs and the Police. This afternoon, three containers of illegal drugs and counterfeit items were detected by alert officials who have been tracking the importation of illegal drugs into Belize and authorities pulled off their biggest haul yet. When the first two containers were opened at the port this afternoon, […]
But back to the Marlboro container. Customs officials revealed that the container was shipped to a company named Skyline, registered at the Commercial Free Zone in Corozal. This container sat at the Port for two weeks and it was the history of the Skyline Company that led customs officials to target the shipment. Colin Griffith, […]
And as to the reason why the containers had not been owned up or cleared for two to three weeks, well law enforcers believe that their stringent eyes may have scared away the quote importers. Colin Griffith, Collector for Customs “I do believe that the main reason for this is that Customs have increased their […]
And still on the issue of Pseudoephedrine, there’s a new development in the container that was released with forged documents from the Port Authority compound on September sixteenth. Two men, Howell Hutchinson of Cotton Tree Village, and businessman Hilberto Marchand, who both turned themselves in yesterday, are being questioned by police. It is believed that […]
And while on the issue of drugs, there is a new twist to the growing number of cases involving the importation of drugs into Belize. And a report from neighboring Chetumal today says that Mexican state police intercepted and detained a vehicle that was carrying various types of drugs heading to Belize yesterday. According to […]
The hunt for Leroy Linden Gomez has intensified and police may be close to making an arrest. Gomez is an alleged serial rapist wanted for a string of cases of rape and attempted rape that have been reported by victims in the Lake Independence and Collet areas of Belize City between August twenty-fourth and September […]
Police dropped in twice today at the Oleander Street home of Gomez. The second search today occurred at the same time that News Five’s team was about to interview Gomez’s mother. Things got hasty and the police threatened to arrest the News Five crew while they were conducting the search. And Beverley Patterson, a mother […]
A dream trip turned into a nightmare for a family from Orlando, Florida today when cave tubing in Frank’s Eddy Village ended fatally. This morning when the Carnival Glory entered Belize’s port, Linda and Eduardo Linan, were among the over three hundred tourists who disembarked from the cruise ship and boarded a Belcruise tour bus […]
There is some good news to report from the south and according to NEMO, the Kendal causeway and the Waha Leaf Bridge at Mile twenty-six which were impassable yesterday because of rising waters caused by heavy rains over the weekend are now accessible. Noreen Fairweather, Coordinator NEMO “We had a number of flooding talking place […]
If you thought that all the news was bad today, there is one issue that is certainly positive and it involves one country in this hemisphere that over the years has shown solidarity and support for Belize – it is Cuba. And today Belize stepped up to the plate and handed over two thousand pounds […]
A watchman and a minor have been remanded to prison for the theft of a music system from a car. They are eighteen year old Wayne Herrera and his seventeen year old friend. The two were charged with Theft, Handling Stolen Goods and when they could not meet bail in Magistrates’ Court, they were promptly […]
