And in crime news, on Sunday, police recovered over 4 million in pesos - which is over 400 thousand Belize dollars - after a heist in the Corozal Free Zone was thwarted by police. The Commissioner of Police said that the burglars were working in conjunction with a security guard, but the quick response of the cops, and the use of drones, helped them to capture two of four suspects.
ComPol told us more today about this high stakes operation.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"They conducted searches utilizing drones and they were able to locate two individuals who are suspected to have been a part of that burglary. Police also found a bag containing some pesos, Mexican pesos along with a few Belizean dollars and a few US currency. The bag of money was taken to the Corozal Police Station where it was counted and it amounted to 4-point-something million pesos. i think just over 200-plus US dollars and a small amount of Belize currency. The two individuals are currently detained and we're not aware of the total amount of money stolen during the burglary. I think we're still trying to ascertain that figure. But so far we have two of the suspects in custody and an additional two more persons, we're hoping that we'll be able to find them quickly and see where we go from there."
"From what we gathered, it's in collusion with the security guard who worked at the establishment so that security guard is also in custody as a part of our investigation."
Courtney Menzies:
"Are these people, they're Belizean?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Yes."
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