382 pounds of cannabis seized in Corozal drug bust
Mobile Interdiction Unit officers seized 382 pounds of suspected cannabis in eight black bags at Ramonal Landing in Patchakan Village, Corozal District, on 19 May 2026. Police logged the drugs as found property and announced no arrests.
🇧🇿 Ramonal Landing, Patchakan Village, Corozal District · Belize
Police seized382 pounds of suspected cannabis in an intelligence-led operation
in northern Belize.[1]Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith said Mobile
Interdiction Unit officers carried out the operation on Tuesday, May 19, 2026,
at around 8:40 p.m.[1]The team was searching the area of Ramonal Landing in
Patchakan Village, Corozal District, when officers found eight black bags
holding the suspected cannabis.[1]
The eight bags together weighed 382 pounds, which converts to about 173.27
kilograms.[2]Police deposited the drugs as found property and announced no
arrests in connection with the seizure.[1]7NewsBelize gives the same account
of Smith’s briefing: the same unit, time, Ramonal Landing search, eight bags and
382-pound total.[2]
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