Alleged weed trafficker Alrick Smith is behind bars tonight. This is after he was caught with a wholesale quantity of weed at the northern border yesterday.
Police found 4 parcels - not five as had been originally reported to us - which weighed in at 4.1 kilos or 9.2 pounds. That's worth about 18 thousand dollars in the streets right now where weed is reported to be scarce.
But, Smith tried to pull through the Santa Elena border with the weed yesterday in a Jaguar sedan. That's when Customs detected the scent of marijuana and searched his car. They found parcels in the trunk under the spare tire and one more under the passenger seat. Reports from the border are that he resisted arrest by the customs officers and called out threats against them. That's when they handed him over to Corozal police who found some more weed under the sun roof.
Today he was taken to Orange Walk Magistrate's Court where he was charged for drug trafficking the 9.2 pounds, and possession of the 37 grams in the sun roof.
His attorney was Dickie Bradley, but because he was already on bail for another weed bust 4 weeks ago, he was remanded into custody.
Police believe Smith is linked to a weed distribution ring in Ladyville, which sources weed from Mexico.
On March second, Smith was driving a Mercedes Benz sedan when police found 16 pounds of weed in an Escalade coming into Orange Walk. They charged Smith jointly and accused him of being the lookout for the Escalade.
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