Belize Times September 16, 2018

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The Belize Times

Established 1957

16 SEPTEMBER 2018 | ISSUE NO: 5114

The Truth Shall Make You Free

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ROGUE COPS

CHARGED FOR FACILITATING DRUG CARTEL

Belize City: Thursday 13th September 2018 On Sunday night, the Belize Police Department in collaboration with the Belize Defence Force (BDF), intercepted an aircraft loaded with cocaine from Venezuela. According to a statement by the Belize Police Department, prior to the interception, it had received information about the aircraft. As a result it deployed officers within key locations of northern, southern and western Belize. At around 8:30 p.m. that night, residents of nearby villages in the ‘Tres Leguas’ area of Orange Walk District, reported sightings of a low flying aircraft heading north. Police were reportedly following those leads when they stumbled upon a single Cessna aircraft in the middle of the road. The team of officers quickly advanced to the aircraft at which point they came under gunfire. According to Commissioner of Police, Allen Whylie, the police returned fire in a gun battle which lasted a whopping thirty to forty-five minutes. However, at the end of that fierce gun bat-

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