Police have also made an arrest in a drug-related murder. This one happened in October 2025, where 48-year-old Arnaldo "Colo" Vellos was gunned down in front of his home.
Yesterday police arrested and charged the men they say are responsible for the drug hit:
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Police have formerly arrested and jointly charged twenty-year-old Brandon Sankar and twenty-three-year-old Kevin Armstrong, both of the Corozal District, for the crime of murder. Sankar was additionally charged for the crime of attempted murder in relation to the shooting of Jonathan Vellos."
And, one of the accused, Brandon Sanker who is well known to Corozal police, was also recently brought up on a weapons charge:
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Mr. Sankar was recently charged for the position of firearm, the joint charge, along with the two minors. Indeed, from the incident occurred in October, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Sankar were being sought."
"We had intelligence as to their whereabouts. And when that operation was conducted to apprehend these wanted persons, that resulted in the discovery of the weapon and now the eventual charge of these individuals."
