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No happy hour for Independence Cop, Officer Moreira busted with Contraband Beer
posted (August 13, 2018)

A police constable was caught with contraband beers near the western border yesterday.

At around 6:30 p.m., Benque officers received information that a white pick-up truck was on the move. So, the officers set up an operation to intercept the vehicle in Succotz village. They did, and that's when they realized that Constable Godfrey Moreira, an officer attached to the Intermediate Southern Formation in Independence, was the driver. They searched the vehicle and found 15 cases of contraband beers: 3 cases of Modelo, 3 cases of Tecate, 3 cases of Dorado, and 6 cases of Brava. The cops believe that he had only just left Arenal. Arenal is that village in the Cayo District that is famous for sitting on the Belize/Guatemala border. 

The officer, the vehicle and the beers were all escorted to the Benque Police Station, and the case was handed over to the Customs Department. Today, when we brought up the case with police at their press conference, they were brief:

ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"Yesterday, sometime around 5 PM as Benque Veijo Police was conducting a vehicular checkpoint in Succotz Village the intercepted a white pickup driven by one Godfrey Moreira a police constable attached the southern part of the country and upon conducting searches inside the vechile, a total of 15 cases of assorted canned beers was found. As a result he was detained and the matter was handed over to the customs department for him to be dealth with. Additionally he will be dealt with disciplinary."

Daniel Ortiz
"Is this the first time Mr. Moreira has been caught up in these events sir or any kind of incident that brings the department overall in this review?"

ACP Joseph Myvette
"At this point in time I will not like to comment on that, we would have to do an investigation to see whether or there were any other incidents involving him."

As you heard, Moreira will be facing disciplinary charges for bringing the department into disrepute due to the contraband found on him.

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