In the middle of all the COVID concern we've been reporting on, there's a quite remarkable story coming out of the north. Today in Orange Walk near the toll bridge, Special Branch police intercepted a government pickup, a Mahindra, allegedly smuggling over 7 pounds of weed.
Three immigration staffers were Inside the Department pickup when they were stopped at a checkpoint between miles 40 and 50 on the Phillip Goldson Highway.
One was a driver for the Immigration Department at Belmopan Headquarters, the other a grade 11 Immigration Officer attached to Belmopan Immigration Headquarters Investigation Unit, and the third another immigration officer attached to the Investigation Unit in Belmopan. The weed was in a brown cardboard and weighed 3.3 kilos or seven and a quarter pounds.
The men were arrested and processed and are expected to face drug trafficking charges.
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