ComPol: “Not an Iota of Evidence” Points to Perez in Drug Bust

In an interesting turn of events on Friday, law enforcement officers uncovered as many as four hundred and seventy-four grams of suspected cocaine aboard a boat docked on the island town of San Pedro. The vessel, upon closer inspection, was found to belong to none other than the Minister of Blue Economy, Andre Perez. The discovery was prompted by vigilant residents of the Back-a-Town area, who reported seeing familiar faces from the local drug scene frequenting the vicinity. The boat had been moored for several months due to necessary repairs. This has led police to rule out Minister Perez as a suspect in this unfolding investigation. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams provided an update on the case, shedding light on the ongoing efforts to trace the origins of the narcotics and bring those responsible to justice.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“The boat had been moored at the boat yard to undergo repairs for about six months. He had not used the boat and that he pays a monthly fee of about two-fifty for the boat to be kept at that boat yard. The statement of Mister Perez was collaborated by the owners of the boatyard, as well as the watchman and the boat captain. And so based on that, we could not tied the drugs to mister Perez, There’s no information, not even the slightest aota of evidence to suggest that the drugs belong to him.  And while the boatyard is managed by a group of people, we could not tie them either because the boatyard is open, there are several ins and out to the boatyard, so anybody could walk into the boatyard and put what they want to put in any boat on the property itself. And so we could not have even hold those people accountable. This is not a boat that is closed up. It’s an open boat. Like one of those Mexican Nanchon. Like one of those. So it is easy for anybody to place anything in the boat. We have a basic idea as to who the person is that we have placed it there. We are in search of that person, but from all indications, he went to Corozal. We have also notified the Corozal police to go and look for him. Because we have gathered information on the person. We have found  a good amount of cocaine, parts of cocaine.  And he might have taken some of them to Corozal for sale. So we’re hoping that we can find that person soon, and then we’ll be able to interview him for us.”

 

Reporter

“What about the watchman? What do you mean he’s allowed to watch the boats?”

 

Chester Williams

“The watchman is not there twenty-four seven.”