Cop attached to D.P.P. Office busted with 4 pounds of weed

A Belize City police officer attached to the Director of Public Prosecution’s office was busted today with four point five pounds of weed. P.C. Suazo was headed back from Arenal with the drug when he was busted by San Ignacio Police at a check point. Report to our newsroom is that Suazo was carrying the drug in the trunk of his vehicle. Superintendent Ralph Moody would not confirm the report, but it is known that Suazo has since been charged with drug trafficking. Suazo was believed to have been on assignment in Belize City, but was instead in the west where he was busted this afternoon.