A pair of police officers have been implicated in the theft of a Toyota Hilux. It started early on Sunday morning when three men broke into a car lot at the back of the Texaco Gas Station at mile one on the northern highway.
They got in by burrowing through the fence at the rear of the compound.
Once inside, they broke into three vehicles, but managed to start only one of them - a green 2010 Toyota Hilux. They then broke the padlock on the fence and drove on out of the un-guarded compound.
The vehicle was reported stolen - and so all police formations were put on alert. And lo' and behold, around 9:00 am on Sunday morning in Belmopan a police patrol on the Caribbean Investors Road came upon a green Hilux, driven by 30 year old Police Constable Virgil Perez, attached to the Patrol Branch and 23 year old Police Constable Dwayne Salgaro attached to the Mahogany Precinct.
When police looked inside the vehicle they saw that the right rear passenger side glass window was completely shattered, the ignition was damaged and parts of the ignition were scattered on the ground.
Both constables have been detained pending charges.
The gas station is owned by Belize Diesel which has handed over security tapes to the police to see if the constables are among the three men who broke into the compound.
This embarrassment rounds out a week when a man died in police custody, an off duty sergeant injured a man with lead fragments from his weapon, a police officer was charged with stealing from the Governor General's wife and now, trafficking in stolen vehicles.
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