More Drug Busts in San Pedro and Cayo!

Police are tightening the net on suspected drug dealers across the country. Operations in Bullet Tree Falls, Camalote and San Pedro turned up marijuana, cocaine and crack cocaine, sending several people before the courts on charges of possession with intent to supply. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith breaks down the results of the latest raids.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Police have, police have formally arrested and jointly charged forty-seven-year-old Orson Gardner and thirty-seven-year-old Nadia Palacio Booth of Hibiscus Street, Bullet Tree Village, Cayo District, for the offense of possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply. The arrest of these individuals follows the execution of a search warrant at, of their, at their residence on twentieth October twenty twenty-six by the Special Tactics Response team, and this search led to the discovery of seven point four grams of crack cocaine. Police have formally arrested and jointly charged Shaily Jacome of San Pedrito, San Pedro, Eutforio Lisby of San Pedrito, San Pedro, and Joel Herata, also of San Pedrito, San Pedro, for the offense of possession of controlled drugs with Intent to supply as a consequence of the discovery of two hundred and seventy-eight grams of cannabis. Jacome was additionally charged for possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply after a search of her person resulted in the discovery of ten point seven grams of cocaine. Police have formally arrested and charged Joel Fuentes, forty years old of Camalote Village for the offense of possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply. The arrest of Fuentes follows the execution of a search warrant at his residence on Monday, nineteenth October, twenty-twenty six by the GI3 personnel. The search resulted in the discovery of a transparent plastic containing four point five grams of crack cocaine.”

 

The police department has maintained that many of the major crimes across the country have a connection to the drug trade. 

 

Attention readers: This online newscast is a direct transcript of our evening television broadcast. When speakers use Kriol, we have carefully rendered their words using a standard spelling system.

 

Watch the full newscast here: