Chinese Businessman and Partner Face Drug Trafficking Charges in Belize

A Chinese businessman and his common-law wife were charged with drug trafficking after police found crystal meth at their home. Thirty-one-year-old Zhichao Tan and 24-year-old Honduran national Jenssy Cardona were caught with 47. 7 grams of crystal meth. In court, Tan pleaded guilty to the offense and was fined six thousand dollars which he must pay by January 24, 2024, or he will face two years in prison. With his guilty plea, Cardona was cleared of the charge, however, she was held by immigration authorities for being unable to show documentation proving that she is in the country legally.