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Youth busted with marijuana at his feet
By Patrick E. Jones on July 14, 2013
Another Belizean youth has been intercepted with marijuana in his possession.
According to reports, on Saturday afternoon, police conducted a search on a passenger bus at the San Ignacio Welcome Center.
When officers reached Christian Otto Petersen, 18, a mason of Camalote village, they searched a back that was on the floor between his feet.
Police say that officers found that the bag contained two parcels of suspected Cannabis; one weighing 1,500 grams and the other 600 grams.
Petersen was taken into police custody pending drug trafficking charges.