Honduran man, 28, charged with smoking cannabis in public on Caye Caulker
Police on Caye Caulker stopped a 28-year-old Honduran labourer riding a bicycle in the Bahia area at about 7:30 a.m. on 9 September 2026 and charged him with smoking cannabis in public. He was granted station bail and is due in the San Pedro Magistrate Court on 15 September.
🇧🇿 Bahia area, Caye Caulker Village, Caye Caulker · Belize
Police on Caye Caulker charged a 28-year-old Honduran labourer with smoking
cannabis in public, police information said.[1]Officers were conducting
mobile patrol in the Bahia area of Caye Caulker Village at around 7:30 a.m. on 9
September when they stopped a man on a bicycle smoking what appeared to be a
brown cigarette.[1]Police said they smelled a strong aroma of cannabis and
saw smoke coming from the cigarette.[1]The cigarette was retrieved and police
said it contained a green leafy substance suspected to be cannabis with a burnt
tip.[1]
The man was identified as Brayan Sosa, 28, a Honduran labourer living in the
Bahia area.[1]Sosa was taken to the Caye Caulker Police Station and formally
charged with smoking cannabis in public.[1]
He was granted station bail and is scheduled to appear in the San Pedro
Magistrate Court on Tuesday, 15 September.[1]
Case data
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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 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.
Police in San Pedro arrested and jointly charged three residents after a 21 August 2026 raid in Boca del Rio found 1,312 grams of suspected cannabis alongside cocaine and crack. Each of the three faces three counts of possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply to another.
Police searched a residence in Hattieville Village on 1 April 2026 and seized 739 grams of suspected cannabis, a Glock pistol and 43 rounds of ammunition. Two residents were arrested and jointly charged with drug, firearm and ammunition offences.
