This morning police stopped, searched and detained a well known criminal attorney. They were investigating him for possible involvement in a murder conspiracy. That's right - a male attorney who allegedly took out a hit on a women. Police even had an alleged recording which was provided to them, of this attorney allegedly hiring a gangster to carry out the hit.
It's a sensational and unprecedented allegation against an officer of the court - but it may have been a little too well packaged for the police - and we'll tell you why later.
But, first we take you to Faber's Road in Belize city this morning at 9:00 where it was quite a scene where police blocked off that major road to very comprehensively search this attorney's vehicle- as if it had been involved in a high crime:..
Jules Vasquez reporting
Police dramatically blocked Faber's Road this morning - as many as 6 police pickups on the east and west side
And over a dozen police officers with heavy weapons. All to search this SUV, a Toyota four Runner. A long queue of 18 wheelers just had to wait while the GSU stood guard over the scene.
After about half an hour, the scenes of crime vehicle pulled to properly process the SUV. The team took about 20 minutes dusting for prints and gathering samples fully processing the vehicle. And after about an hour of waiting for police to finish, the attorney jumped in the passenger side of his SUV while a police officer took the wheel.
They drove off to the police station - with an escort.
We have not released the name of the attorney because he has not been charged - and 7News has confirmed that he will not be charged. It seems the whole thing was a set up, and a rather elaborate one - as we said, complete with a recording.
The Commissioner of police has told the media he will address it tomorrow. In the meantime we did try and reach the attorney but he declined comment.
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