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Couple Faces Drug Trafficking Charge, DPP Refuses Plea To Lesser
posted (January 29, 2019)
A couple that was caught with 6 ounces of weed is in trouble after the DPP's office rejected the boyfriend's guilty plea.

They are 24-year-old Chevon Castellanos, along with his teenaged girlfriend, 18-year-old Alexis Cardenes both of #7103 North Creek area, Belize City.

On Sunday they were found in possession of 148 grams of cannabis. In court before Magistrate Emmerson Banner, Castellanos pleaded guilty to possession but not guilty to drug trafficking. Usually that's an automatic fine, but the police prosecutor, had to first check with his superior before accepting the guilty plea for the lesser charge.

But, the DPP rejected the guilty plea for possession and told the couple that they will proceed against them for the much greater offense of drug trafficking.

With that, Magistrate Banner offered the couple bail of $3,000 dollars which they were both able to meet by end of the day. They are due back in Court #5 on March 26, 2019.

The MIT, GSU and Special Branch searched the couple's house on Sunday night and found blue Dutch Klim container under a sofa with 19 plastic bags containing suspected cannabis.

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