Local News

Two Guatemalan nationals are in police detention in Cayo pending charges of drug trafficking.  The two men, a father and son duo, were detained on Wednesday afternoon at a police checkpoint on the George Price Highway near the Western Border in Benque Viejo del Carmen.  According to police reports, a car with Guatemalan license plates was intercepted at the checkpoint and a search of the vehicles resulted in the discovery of four parcels of suspected Methamphetamine.  The suspected drugs weighed in at 4.9 Kilograms.