Busted with 26 pounds of weed

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Thomas Bermudez

A truck driver of the Los Lagos community located Ladyville Village of the Belize District has been arrested and charged for the offense of possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply. 35-year-old Thomas Bermudez was reportedly driving a truck in which twenty-two parcels of suspected cannabis were found. The discovery was made on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at around 10:30 p.m. Police were conducting a vehicle checkpoint in front of the toll bridge in Carmelita, Orange Walk. They stopped and searched a freightliner flatbed truck, on which they searched a disconnected fuel tank. Inside the tank, which was mounted under the driver’s side of the truck, they found a compartment containing the 22 parcels. When weighed, the suspected cannabis amounted to 11.9 kilograms or 26.3 pounds. Bermudez was taken into custody and arrested.