Police Under Investigation for Potential Involvement in Drug Plane Land

On Friday morning, around nine a.m., police responded to a farmer’s report in the Cayo District about a possible drug plane landing in the Frank’s Eddy area. When they arrived, they found a single-engine plane on the side of a dirt road. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that all the passenger seats had been stripped out. While no drugs were found inside, the investigation is still ongoing. Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams revealed that a police officer is under investigation for possible involvement in the case.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“We are still trying to ascertain exactly what cargo came on that plane but as usual we suspect that it could be cocaine. We are looking for one individual likewise who we believe may be able to provide some information to us as it relates to that plane landing.  And I can also say to you, I don’t want to hide nothing say to you that we had detained a police officer, a female police officer because we believe that she facilitated a person the person who we believe landed that aircraft in, signing in at the police station outside our was stipulated by the court this person is on bail for a previous plane landing and as a condition to his bail he was ordered to report or to sign in to the Belmopan police station every Friday between eight a.m. and five p.m.  Surprisingly, the same night the plane landed, he came to sign in at the Belmopan Police Station after twelve midnight. That would be around the same time the plane would be landing. And this female police officer facilitated him to the extent that she took the diary from inside the station and took it outside of the station for him to sign. That for us is an egregious breach. I’m not going to say that she is involved in the plane landing. What are actions in facilitating this individual knowing who he is to have signed in at that particular moment is extremely questionable. And professional standard branch is looking at that matter and we expect that charges will be levied against her for breach of our internal policy.”