They've had it under 24 hour guard for the past week, and this Morning, the Anti-Drug Unit descended on the company called "Target," in the Data Pro Export Processing Park. 7NEWS was on the scene as police and forensic specialists went inside looking for export quantities of the illegal recreational drug ecstasy.
Keith Swift Reporting from Data Pro Park,
"Behind me is the headquarters of Target Data Pro Company. There are police vehicles in front of the building because inside this morning officers from the Anti-Drug Unit are conducting a search where they expect to find barrels full of the illegal recreational drug ecstasy. They also expect to find other drugs in illegal quantities such as alprazolam which is used in the creation of the anti-anxiety medication Xanax."
Late information this evening is that the drug unit has found a significant volume of ecstasy and have spent much of the day counting the pills. Charges are expected to follow but two who won't get caught in the net, at least not right now, are the American owners who police have not been able to find as at least one of them is believed to have absconded.
The products from Target are sold over the internet to international purchasers but investigations show that some ecstasy and high grade viagra have entered the local market, presumably as the product of employee theft. Information also indicates that Belize's drug unit is working in concert with the DEA and agents are expected in Belize to assist with the case.