Police Department Destroys $452,000 Worth of Cannabis

Today, the Belize Police Department carried out the destruction of over five hundred pounds of cannabis. The drugs were seized during a police operation earlier this month in Dangriga Town. The operation led to the discovery of several barrels containing the cannabis. With the approval of the Dangriga Magistrate Court, the drugs were destroyed at an undisclosed location. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Doctor Richard Rosado says it all comes in at a total value of four hundred thousand dollars.

 

Dr. Richard Rosado, Deputy Commissioner of Police

“In Accordance twenty-seven, one of the Misuse of Drugs Subsidiary Act Chapter One Zero Three of the laws of Belize, an application was made to the court to the Magistrate in Dangriga for an order for the destruction of five hundred and three point seven pounds of cannabis. The Magistrate having being satisfied that destroying the drugs can proceed without prejudice to any criminal proceedings granted the order.”

 

Reporter

“Why is it important what we are doing here today and the significance of it?”

Dr. Richard Rosado

“The regulation twenty-seven two stipulates that whenever there is an order for the drug destruction that a magistrate must witness the destruction, a justice of the peace, a senior police officer and the government forensic chemist. This is done in order to ensure that what is being destroyed is what was actually seized in the operation in Dangriga. The estimated value of the drugs being destroyed today is approximately four hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars.”