Belize City couple charged over 17 pounds of cannabis and a revolver
Police searching a Handyside Street home in Belize City on March 24, 2026 found 17 pounds (about 7.7 kg) of cannabis, a .22 revolver and three rounds of ammunition, and detained the two occupants. Tamika Jenna Smith, 29, and Michael Shawn Whylie, 31, pleaded not guilty to drug and firearm charges and were remanded to prison until May 12.
Two Belize City residents were detained after police searched a home on
Handyside Street in Belize City for cannabis, a firearm and ammunition.[1]A
joint police operation executed a search warrant at the residence just after
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.[2]The operation involved the
Anti-Narcotics Unit, Special Branch, Precinct 3 and the Quick Response Team, and
a K9 unit signalled drugs inside the apartment.[2]
Officers found cannabis in several places, including a green plastic bag with
eight packages in a hall area, and more bags in a hidden compartment beneath the
floor.[2]Police put the total weight of the suspected cannabis at 17 pounds,
about 7.7 kilograms.[1]Officers also found a black .22 revolver with no
visible serial number hidden inside a PVC pipe, along with three live .22
rounds.[2]
Both were jointly charged with possession of controlled drugs with intent to
supply, keeping a firearm without a gun license and keeping ammunition without a
gun license.[3]They pleaded not guilty and, with bail denied because of the
nature of the offences, were remanded to the Belize Central Prison until May 12,
2026.[3]
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Police handout photo published with the report of the 17-pound cannabis seizure, revolver and ammunition at a Handyside Street home.Photo details
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Open questions the AI reported
The cannabis weight is the police-reported weight of suspected cannabis, with no laboratory confirmation published.
Breaking Belize News describes additional bags of suspected cannabis in a hidden compartment without giving a separate weight, so the 17-pound figure is the only recorded quantity.
No outcome beyond the remand to May 12, 2026 is reported.
Greater Belize Media carries a feature image whose caption only repeats the headline, so it is not included as media.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Breaking Belize News: The occupants, Tamika Jenna Smith, 29, a Ranger Security guard, and her boyfriend Michael Shawn Whylie, 31, a Leadership Intervention Unit worker, were arraigned on March 25 before Senior Magistrate Mannon Dennison in Court #6.
Left out agency types, as its quotation was not found in Breaking Belize News.
Ten people were jointly charged after a 4 November police raid in San Pedrito, San Pedro Town, and three of them pleaded guilty to firearm, ammunition and cannabis offences, as reported on 6 November 2026. Police later circulated details of eleven people connected to the operation, and no sentences for the three pleas had been given.
Police raided Hubert Edgar August's home on Rio Grande Street in Orange Walk Town on 4 November 2026, finding 16.1 grams of suspected cannabis in his pocket and 46.2 grams more outside the fence. August was charged the same day for the cannabis in his pocket, while the outside finds were logged as found property.
Orlando Anthony Fisher, 65, pleaded guilty to possession of 61 grams of cannabis with intent to supply in Belize City. The magistrate sentenced him to three months in prison, his sixth drug conviction after five previous drug offenses.
Police formally arrested and jointly charged three San Pedrito residents with possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply after finding 278.1 grams of cannabis. One of the three was also charged over 10.7 grams of cocaine found in a search of her person, and all three chose to remain silent.
