Over $20,000 Stolen from the Belize Marketing Board

Over twenty thousand dollars has been stolen from the Belize Market Board in Orange Walk. Earlier today, around nine thirty a.m. a man wearing a grey hoodie and a mask reportedly entered through the office’s main gate, where he had held up the female security guard at gunpoint.  The perpetrator then approached the cashier, where he was able to seize a bag containing the large sum of money. Police were called to the scene; however, the man had already made off on a motorcycle. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Stacy Smith, has more details on the robbery.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“On Friday, seventh of November 2025 at approximately ten acting upon information of a robbery in Orange Walk. Police visited the Belize Marketing Board. Which is located on San Lorenzo Road in Orange Walk, where they met and spoke with a cashier who reported that at some time after nine thirty 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 bag with an undisclosed amount of money being the property off 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’ll assist us in this investigation.”

 

Reporter

“Are you able to say if it’s being investigated as a possible inside information? Because you will know it’s a significant amount of cash that was allegedly stolen. I don’t imagine that the establishment has that type of money on hand at all times, so perhaps it was timed to coincide when the money bog me full.”

 

ASP Stacy Smith

“Certainly several theories are being explored. In the interest of conducting a thorough investigation, I will also use this opportunity to advise the general public that as we are moving on into the Christmas celebration and even the Garifuna Settlement day celebration, economic activity increases and we have noted on our end a slight increase in terms of property crimes. This is a common thing when it comes to these seasons, and it is for these reasons that while us as a department are doing our part in terms of putting operational efforts in place, we ask members of the general public to take the necessary precautions to safeguard themselves from being victims of persons who seek to deprive them of their personal belongings. We ask persons to be security conscious. We urge persons when they see individuals who are not accustomed to being in that area, traveling to report it, form a neighborhood watch groups that you guys are able to better communicate with each other. As I stated, the season that we are approaching is one that has traditionally seen an increase in property related crime, and we urge and as persons to take the necessary precautions to safeguard themselves.”