Police busted 2 persons in the Cayo District with a large stack of suspect prescription medications for which they did not have any kind of papers.

The accused are 43-year-old John David De Leon, an American who has been living in Caye Caulker Village, and 27-year-old Louany Kareen Ulloa, a nurse from the Hillview area of Santa Elena Town. According to the cops, at around 1:45 p.m. yesterday, a police team intercepted a gold Chevy Suburban SUV on Savanah Street in San Ignacio Town. De Leon was driving, and Ulloa was his passenger.

The officers searched the vehicle and found 2 black plastic bags on the passenger seat. Inside they found several boxes with the label, "Oxykon Plus." The packages had a combined total of 880 pills, and neither of the vehicle's occupants could produce a prescription. Oxykon Plus is a high grade painkiller.

They were arrested and charged with the offense of possession of a controlled drug with the intent to supply to another.

The tablets will be sent for testing at the National Forensic Laboratory.

Tags Cayo District Caye Caulker Village Santa Elena Town National Forensic Laboratory