The police K-9 unit has been active recently. Two weeks ago when one of the dogs sniffed out 4 kilos of Crystal Meth at the western border and tonight there are more good findings to reports on.
Last Friday while personnel from the Anti-Drug Unit, K-9 Unit and San Ignacio police conducted a search on an open lot located on George Price Avenue, K-9 "TOOJE" discovered a black plastic bucket hidden under dry leaves.
Police retrieve the bucket which contained 9 pounds of cannabis. No one was in the area and the drugs were deposited as found property.
Also last Saturday members of the Anti-Drug Unit along with the K-9 Unit set up a check point at the junction of the Southern Highway and Hopkins Village where they stopped a northbound Bus.
The k-9 sniffed out a knapsack belonging to 25 year old Garrel Deon Flowers of Placencia.
When police looked inside, they found a one kilo brick of cocaine. Flwoers was charged for Drug Trafficking.