A series of robberies and shootings have occurred in both the Cayo and Orange Walk districts over the past 2 days. This morning the Belize Marketing Development Corporation in Orange Walk was targeted. Police told us it was an efficient two man operation:

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

"On Friday 7th November 2025 at approximately 10 o'clock a.m. acting upon information of a robbery, Orange Walk Police visited the Belize Marketing Board which is located on San Lorenzo Road in Orange Walk Town where they met and spoke with a cashier who reported that at some time after 9:30 a.m. a male person who was masked entered the establishment and he was armed with a weapon with which he made demands and took a black in color bag with an undisclosed amount of money being the property of the marketing board."

"The male person made good his escape with the assistance of another male person on a motorcycle. The investigators in Orange Walk have retrieved a number of video footages which are being reviewed and it is believed that it will assist us in this investigation."

The robber reportedly made off with $20,000 dollars.

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