Our next two stories are about police operations on Placencia targeting drugs and guns - but it's not the usual suspects; in this case it's a Canadian and an American - one caught with drugs bagged off for sale, the other caught with two guns.
We start with the pre - dawn GOOD FRIDAY search of the home of Canadian expatriate Micheal Gilles where they found two thirds of a pound of crack cocaine, and 4 ounces of cannabis. Now while a search for this kind of product could happen un-announced at any give day and time in any part of Belize - in this case Police told us they got a warrant:
ACP Joseph Myvette
"Sometime around 6:30 a.m. Placencia police visited the home of one Micheal Gilles 59 years Canadian national to conduct searches whereupon arrival police did conduct searches on his home where a total of or several different amounts of Crack cocaine were found inside his home being 128grams and 208grams of crack cocaine, as well as 129 grams of cannabis, were found. He has since been arrested and charged for the drugs found at his residence."
"The police were acting on the information and obtained a warrant to search his home."
Reports to us suggest that this bust points to a supply ring for the peninsula expat community.
