The Dangriga Operation Team of the Belize Police Department carried out an anti-drug operation in Hope Creek Village on the morning of 8 August 2024.[1] Officers seized about 31.67 pounds of marijuana, or 13.735 kilograms, lying in a bushy area.[1] No one was in the area during the search, so police labelled the marijuana as found property.[1]
Police find 31.67 lb of marijuana in a bushy area at Hope Creek
The Belize Police Department's Dangriga Operation Team found about 31.67 pounds (13.735 kg) of marijuana in a bushy area of Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, on the morning of 8 August 2024. No one was in the area, so the drug was recorded as found property and no arrest was reported.
🇧🇿 Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek District, Belize
- Cannabis
- 13.735 kg
- Agency
- Belize Police Department Dangriga Operation Team
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis
- Case stage
- Under investigation
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Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 13.735 kg
- Agency
- Belize Police Department Dangriga Operation Team
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Herbal cannabis (13.735 kg)
- Activity
- Possession
- Setting
- Field
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Region
- Stann Creek District
Sources
- Greater Belize Mediagreaterbelize.comDrug Bust in Hope Creek: Over 30 Pounds of Marijuana Seized.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only one source, Greater Belize Media, reported this operation; no police statement or second outlet was found.
- The article gives no exact location within Hope Creek Village beyond a bushy area, and the coordinates mark the village.
- The weight is given as approximately 31.67 pounds, not an exact measured figure.
- No arrest, suspect, charge or court outcome was reported; the marijuana was recorded as found property.
- There is no report of plants, growing cannabis or anyone cultivating at the site.
- The page's lead image has no caption or credit saying what it depicts, so it is not certain to show the seized marijuana.
