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Officers recovered four parcels of cocaine weighing a total of 4,385 grams, equivalent to approximately 9.66 pounds. In addition, police found another 109 grams of cocaine in the area.

Authorities did not immediately release details on arrests or suspects, and investigations into the source and intended distribution of the drugs are ongoing.

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                          Stacy Smith

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Following a joint intelligence led anti-drug operation that was conducted on Girasol Street in Las Flores area of Belmopan City on eighteenth February, 2026 at approximately 2:40 PM police. Formerly arrested and charged, jointly charged Kenny Sosa, twenty-three-years-old Deandre Lara, twenty-year-old Paulino Ortiz, thirty-five-years-old, and Milto Ortiz also twenty-five-years-old for two counts of possession of control drugs with intent to supply. The arrest of these individual follows the discovery of one-point-four-zero grams of suspected cocaine, as well as 1one hundred and twenty grams of cannabis, which was found in the open air in opening the immediate vicinity of these four male persons who were congregating in a yard on Garol Street. Milton Orti was additionally charged with possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply after a search of a bag that belonged to him. Resulted in the discovery of two plastic bags containing suspected cocaine, which when weighed total 37.5 grams.”

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ASP Stacy Smith reported that the operation took place on Girasol Street on February 18, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m. 

Those charged include Kenny Sosa, 23; Deandre Lara, 20; Paulino Ortiz, 35; and Milton Ortiz, 25. 

They were jointly charged with possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply after officers discovered 1.40 grams of suspected cocaine and 120 grams of cannabis in a yard where the men had gathered.

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The arrests were made on Monday, February 9, 2026, around 8:00 a.m., when a special operations team executed a search warrant at a residence in the town.

At the time, 37-year-old Camille Bodden, an unemployed Belizean, and 48-year-old Terrence Lopez, a Belizean tour guide, were at the property.

Officers searched a Nissan Rogue parked at the entrance of the residence. Inside, police discovered ten parcels of cocaine weighing a total of 11,408 grams.

Both Bodden and Lopez were arraigned in the Corozal Magistrate’s Court, where they pleaded not guilty.

Bail was denied, and the case was adjourned until May 12, 2026.

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According to police, the charges follow the execution of a search warrant on Tuesday, February 3, at Garbutt’s residence on Cerro Road in Punta Gorda Town. Both women were present at the home at the time of the search.

During the search, police discovered a plastic bag containing 100 small foil‑wrapped parcels of crack cocaine, weighing a total of 15.5 grams.

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                          Stacy Smith

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“The arrest of Pineda follows police’s execution of a search warrant at her residence on Friday, thirtieth January, 2026 at around ten a.m. The arresting officer reported that upon entering the premises, while simultaneously advising occupants that it was the police and that they were there to execute a search warrant, she observed Pineda picked up a transparent plastic bag and ran through the house. Pineda was pursued and she was observed throwing the plastic bag and when it was opened and inspected, it was found to contain several pieces of suspected crack cocaine totaling five-point-eight grams. A search of Pineda resulted in the discovery of the additional seventeen-point-eight grams of cannabis.”

Police say that raid ended with a chase through the house and drugs tossed aside, as thirty‑eight‑year‑old Sandra Aracelly Pineda was arrested and charged after officers say they caught her trying to dump crack cocaine and marijuana during the search.

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                  Stacy Smith

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“The burglary charges, which occurred in separate incidents, it is in relation to reports made by two individuals that between first February, sorry, between thirty-first January and first February, Mr. Eck is reported to have entered these separate residences through the window of the house and on one occasion he stole a container which contained seven hundred and fifty dollars. And in the other instance, he was observed in that home without a shirt. When observed, he ran off and made good his escape. Based on the investigation carried out by the police officers, Mr. Eck was identified as a person of interest and when he was sought at his residence and searched in his pocket, police found the zero-point-one-three grams of suspected crack cocaine.”

Police say two late‑night break‑ins, including a terrifying encounter with an intruder inside a young girl’s bedroom, have landed twenty‑six‑year‑old Dennis Eck in custody, now facing burglary and drug charges.

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                           Oscar Mira

Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs

“That is under investigation. However, the report that I received was that it is not missing. It is there, it was just a police officer who had put it on the desk in a drawer, and another police officer went and sent it to the exhibit keeper. So it is accounted for as far as the information that I got from the Commissioner of Police. But an investigation is happening to ensure that we follow the proper protocols. It cannot be that you just leave evidence lying around. So that is going to be investigated to ensure that proper procedures are followed.”

Britney Gordon

“What is a procedure that should have been followed in that case then?

Oscar Mira

“No. When you have evidence, those evidence should follow a chain of custody and eventually end up at the keepers or the exhibit keepers possession to be signed for by the exit keeper from the person that took it there. I think that in this particular instance, that procedure was not followed and an investigation, internal investigation is happening to ensure that police follow the proper procedure.”

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