Five Arrested in Belize City Drug Bust: Over a Kilogram of Suspected Crack Cocaine Seized

Five people were arrested in Belize City last week after police found over a kilo of suspected crack cocaine during the search of a house in the Belama Phase 2 area. On the morning of Friday, October 20 police searched a house on Jackfruit Crescent, where they found a plastic bag containing several smaller plastic bags containing the drugs. The bags had a combined weight of 1.37 kilograms. Present at the time of the search were 51-year-old, Ivor Lopez; 20-year-old, Izid Lopez; 52-year-old, Josephine Lopez; 62-year-old, Derrick Menzies; and 47-year-old, Jason Clarke. Menzies was also found with a single gram of cocaine on his person. The group was charged jointly with possession of controlled drugs with the intent to supply.