4 Cubans were charged today in Belmopan with illegal entry. Police stopped a bus on its way from Benque to Belmopan yesterday afternoon and arrested the 4 Cuban nationals. But police also found about 7 pounds of weed on the bus. Today Belmopan Supt. Howell Gillet told us more about this bust and the coincidence.
Supt. Howell Gillett, OC, Belmopan Police
"Yesterday sometime after 1pm, we received information or intelligence that some drugs and some foreign nationals were being transported on a passenger bus from the Cayo District from the western border to our area. The bus was coming from Benque Viejo to this Belmopan jurisdiction. We immediately enlist of one of the specialists units within the Mobile Interdiction Team (MIT as it is called). We were able to intercept that bus and we found 4 Cubans. They have since been charged. They're names are Keyren Arguelles, Pedro Tehera, Pharrel Sanchez, and Yorda Perdomo. All 4 persons have been charged with illegal entry and are now as we speak they are going before out magistrate here in Belmopan. We've also on the same bus we've discovered just over 7 lbs. of marijuana in 2 separate packages. No one was arrested for those drugs as we couldn't put anyone directly to it but we are happy to have taken amount drugs off the street. It is an emerging trend and we have to be dealing with it. We're not doing it alone, not only at Belmopan police. We are partnered with other branches that deal directly with this type of stuff. I believe we have different things in place I don't care to go in every detail of it, but yes, we do have strategic check points. We try to keep close relationship with the public so we can know when these things are happening."
The 4 Cuban nationals were charged in the Belmopan Magistrates court today. The drugs however were deposited as found property because it wasn't found on any of the Cuban nationals.
