On this newscast we talk a lot about border jumping and contraband smuggling. But while we may think of border jumping to visit relatives, or to get cheap groceries and beer, a large part of that enforcement pressure along the border is about smuggling weed in from Mexico.
And it started at the Estero crossing in Patchakan, Corozal. That's where last night at 8:00, Special Branch Corozal pursued a man with a bag who tried to run into the bush. He was apprehended and police searched the bag and found 4.1 kilos, or 9 pounds of weed inside. The man was identified as Javier Rolando Hinds, a 36 year old mechanic of Corozal Town known to police.
Caught Weed On The Move
And Corozal Special Branch was back at it this morning when, acting on intelligence they intercepted a Ford Escape XLT with San Ignacio plates.
They searched inside and found 5 parcels of weed wrapped up with transparent tape, stashed in a hidden compartment. We are told the stash weighed in at four and a half pounds.
Four persons inside the vehicle were detained - three of them from san Ignacio and one from Corozal.
Southsiders Trained For Port Work
They've been guaranteed construction jobs that could last between a year and a half and 5 years. It's at Stake Bank, the proposed cruise tourism port off Belize City.
The eager group of young and industrious men left the program today filled with hope for an independent and lucrative future. And this morning we spoke to their trainer Nuri Mohammed who says that the secret to the men's success will lie in the connections and mutual understanding built during their preparation.
As you heard, The Construction preparedness program is tasked by the Feinstein group of companies to prepare 40 young men from the Southside to be employed in entry-level construction positions on the State Bank Project.
Of course, Stake Bank, also known as Port Coral is now just one in a field of aspirants to become a port with a berthing facility in the Belize district, and the public leveraging of job creation as a positive for the project is not lost on us.
Fever Dream? Try A Fever Screen!
Earlier in the news, we showed you the BTIA's forum at the Biltmore Plaza hotel. It's an event that brought over 100 people into the hotel, and while that may seem concerning considering the times we're living in, you'll be reassured to find out that each and every one of them had their temperatures checked.
But while the Biltmore's staff has been manually checking temperatures for months, a cool new gadget is allowing that safety measure to be carried out without any human contact. Biltmore's General Manager gave us the rundown on the new device.
So far, the Biltmore's Temperature Digital Camera is currently the only one of it's kind in Belize.
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