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Placencia man busted with crack cocaine

By on May 20, 2015
Marlon Wright

Marlon Wright

Placencia village, Stann Creek. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Placencia police have arrested and charged a man for the possession of controlled drug.

Thirty eight year old Marlon Wright was intercepted by a team of police officers on foot patrol on Monday night.

At the time he was stopped, police say Wright was coming from the west side of Placencia village.

Police conducted a search of Wright and during that search a transparent plastic bag fell to the ground.

Wright immediately put his foot over the bag; but police noticed the object that had fallen.

When officers retrieved the bag it contained 4 grams of suspected crack cocaine.

Marlon Wright was then informed of the offence he had committed and then placed under arrest and charged fro the crime of possession of controlled drug.

Marijuana

Marijuana

In other news from the Placencia Peninsula, officers have found a black plastic bag containing 113 grams of marijuana.

The bag of weed was found in an abandoned lot behind a business establishment in the village.

No one was in the area at the time and the marijuana has been labeled as found property.

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