Moving unto other news now, police busted two Belizeans and a Guatemalan in Benque Viejo early on Sunday morning. They were in a fancy ride with Guatemalan plates loaded with some very big guns.
The head of National Crimes Investigation told us more:..
ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"On Sunday morning, sometime around 12:15 a.m., a report was made to Benque Viejo by telephone that some male persons in a vehicle were causing disturbance at a night club in Benque Viejo Town. As a result, police visited the nightclub where they encountered a black Range Rover with Guatemalan registration plates where a search was conducted on this vehicle which resulted in the discovery of an AK-47 rifle and one 5.56 mini Galil weapon. Also found were forty-seven rounds of 7.62 ammunition and fourteen 5.56 rounds of ammunition. All those persons are detained pending this investigation and the vehicle has since been impounded. Our investigation has lead us to the fact that this vehicle crossed into the country on the 8th February sometime around 7:10pm, driven by a Guatemalan national."
Reporter
"Have you all liaise with your counterparts on the Guatemalan side to see if these persons are wanted or a part of any known criminal enterprise in Guatemala?"
ACP Joseph Myvett
"We are in the process of doing that today. I believe there was a preliminary meeting yesterday, but we are in process of doing that today as well and of those detained, two of them are Belizeans, whilst one is a Guatemalan."
Reporter
"What stands out here is the casual or relaxed nature these men had with this very high powered stash of weapons. They left the weapons in the vehicle when they went to socialized and then whilst socializing they drew attention to themselves. It indicates either that they were amateurs or that they do this so often, that it becomes second nature. Which do you believe may be the case?"
ACP Joseph Myvett
"I would not say that any has been the case because of the fact that when the officers arrived, one of those persons who was the driver of the vehicle had a struggle with one of the officers as he attempted to make an escape into the vehicle, whilst the other two were already inside the vehicle."
None of the persons have been charged as yet.
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