And then on Monday night, two women and two men were caught with drugs inside their vehicle at a checkpoint. They were discovered through a joint police operation. However, one of the men is still at large. ASP Smith told us more.
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Police have formally arrested and jointly charged Whitney Doris Alford, a 21 year old of Unitedville. Lisa Marie Gonzalez, a 31 year old of Cristo Rey Road, Santa Elena, and Francisco Ernesto Landeverde, a 23 year old of San Ignacio, all for the offense of possession of control drugs with intent to supply."
"This arrest follows an operation that was conducted by the Mobile Interdiction Unit, as well as the Highway Interdiction Team of the Police Department on Monday 20th October at around seven o'clock p.m."
"Police reported that in the course of conducting the checkpoint on the highway, they would have been approached by a silver in color Ford Escape. And based on the circumstances at hand, the officer informed the occupants of the vehicle, which were 4 in number, that a search is to be conducted on the vehicle."
"Having advised them of their intention to conduct the search, the vehicle sped off and police followed and pursued it off of an offway road in the same vicinity. When police intercepted it, two of the male persons fled and the other two females were detained."
"A search of the vehicle led to several parcels of suspected cannabis, which has totaled 49 pounds. Mr. Landeverde subsequently turned himself into police custody."
