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Pilfering at the Port
posted (April 28, 2010)
The Port of Belize continues to be the target of thieves – a few weeks ago – a guard was robbed of his weapon, and very early this morning the Port's pilot vessel was stolen. The pilot vessel is the one used to bring ships up to the port head – and is a valuable, much used asset. Seems the robbers knew that and sometime between 12 and 1:00 am – they made off with it.

We could not get any comment from the Port of Belize where no one returned our calls but our information is that the robbers somehow subdued the security guard who was on duty and simply drove off in the vessel. The vessel is reportedly outfitted with two costly engines which are insured.

The robbery – or at least a portion - was captured by the security camera and that has been handed over to police for review.

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