All posts by Patrick E. Jones

  • Police bust trio with uncustomed cigarettes

    Three persons including two women are in police detention in San Ignacio town after they were busted with a cache of uncustomed cigarettes on Tuesday night.  Police say that around 7:30 pm on Tuesday, the intercepted and...

    • Posted September 18, 2013
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  • GSU search results in big marijuana bust

    The Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) is reporting a big drug bust in Belize City.  During a search of a house on Gibson Street on Sunday night, personnel of the GSU say they found two sacks and two...

    • Posted September 18, 2013
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  • Police seek women as suspects in burglary

    Police in Belize City are investigating a burglary; and two women are the main suspects.  The incident happened on Monday afternoon at an apartment on Seagull Street in Belize City.  Jennifer Meighan, 19, reports that she was...

    • Posted September 18, 2013
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  • Carpentry workshop burglarized in Central Farm

    The carpenter workshop in Central Farm, Cayo district has been burglarized.  The head carpenter for the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the burglary happened sometime between 5:30 pm on Saturday and 7:45 am on Sunday. A co-worker...

    • Posted September 17, 2013
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  • Home invasion reported in Belize City

    A home invasion has been reported in Belize City. It happened on Monday night on Partridge Street.  Two men, one of who carried a black handgun accosted Edison Gabourel and his wife as they watched television around...

    • Posted September 17, 2013
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  • Man accused of stealing the pastor’s chickens

    A man from the village of Louisville village in the Corozal district has been arrested and charged for the crime of theft. Reymundo “Porky” Chan, 48, is accused of stealing two chickens from the hen house belonging...

    • Posted September 17, 2013
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  • British High Commissioner makes courtesy call on National Security Minister

    British High Commissioner to Belize Peter Hughes late last week paid a courtesy call on the Honorable the Minister of National Security Mr. John Saldivar in his Belmopan office.  A government statement says that High Commissioner Hughes’...

    • Posted September 16, 2013
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  • UK volunteers to help out at the Octavia Waight Center

    A group of nurses from the United Kingdom will be coming to Belize to offer assistance to the and volunteer at the Octavia Waight Center in San Ignacio town.  According to a story posted on the website...

    • Posted September 16, 2013
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  • Man faces criminal charge for allegedly having sex with teen

    A 20 year old man is in police custody pending charged for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14 year old girl.  The teenager, in the company of her mother, told police that in July of this...

    • Posted September 16, 2013
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  • Hotel owner allegedly shoots peeing man

    A hotel owner from Corozal town is in trouble with the law after he allegedly shot a man who was peeing near his establishment.  The victim has been identified as Francisco Castaneda.  According to police, Castaneda told...

    • Posted September 16, 2013
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