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Caught With a Glock At The Border
posted (November 26, 2019)
A man from Ranchito village in the Corozal district is in jail tonight after he allegedly tried to pass through the border with a gun. Yesterday at 2:30, 46 year old taxi driver Jorge Sanchez was attempting to cross the Northern Border in his taxi van. A routine vehicle check by customs resulted in the discovery of a Glock pistol loaded with 13 rounds.

Customs handed him over to police where he was charged for possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition .

He was arraigned in Corozal Magistrate's court today where he pleaded not guilty. He was remanded to prison until January 27th, 2020.

In other news out of Corozal, this afternoon at around 3:00, two men robbed Rong's Supermarket on 4th avenue in Corozal town.

They held up the 48 year old business owner at gunpoint, jumped over the counter and took about two thousand dollars in cash, and ran off.

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