Home Affairs Minister Weighs in on San Pedro Drug Bust

We also spoke with Home Affairs Minister Kareem Musa, who backed the stance taken by the Commissioner of Police concerning the drug bust on Minister Perez’s boat. Musa, who is also an attorney-at-law, asserted that there is no direct link between Perez and the narcotics discovered on his vessel. Here’s his explanation.

 

Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs

“It’s a very unfortunate situation that can happen to any citizen of Belize, regardless of the position that you hold.  It could happen to members of the media and I am certain that you would likewise hope that the police investigate the matter the way that they did Minister Perez’s boat.  From all the circumstances, all the facts of the case, it is clear that police received a tip based on suspicious individuals who had been traversing the area, and so it wouldn’t have been just a random search of Minister Perez’s boat.  It was based on information provided by a member of the public, that police were able to go on the boat and locate the drugs.  And so, it’s a good thing that it was located prior to Minister Perez even using the vessel because from all the information, it had been months that he had actually used the vessel.  So it’s not a situation whereby police had pulled over Minister Perez in the course of using his vessel.”