70 pounds of cannabis found in Belize City home; woman charged and bailed
Police searching a King's Park home in Belize City found 70.05 pounds of suspected cannabis in two containers and detained 24-year-old Rebecca Marlene Daniels. She was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply, pleaded not guilty, and was granted bail of 10,000 Belize dollars.
Police searched a home in the King’s Park area of Belize City around midday on
25 June 2025 and found 70.05 pounds of suspected cannabis.[1]Twenty-four-year-old Rebecca Marlene Daniels, an unemployed Belizean, was at the
house during the search and was detained.[2]Officers found a black plastic
barrel holding 23 parcels of cannabis and a second container with seven more
parcels.[1]The combined weight of the seized cannabis was 70.05 pounds, about
31.77 kilograms.[3]
Amandala reported the cannabis had a street value of 100,000 Belize dollars.[4]Daniels appeared in the Belize City Magistrate’s Court on 26 June 2025
charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply, and pleaded
not guilty.[4]Greater Belize Media reported 30 parcels with a total weight of
70.5 pounds.[5]Chief Magistrate Deborah Rogers granted her bail of 10,000
Belize dollars on condition that she surrender her travel documents and sign in
weekly at a police station.[3]The case was set to return to court on 29
September 2025.[3]
The search was conducted by a joint team of police units, including the Quick
Response Team and Special Branch.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
31.77 kg
Value (official estimate)
BZD 100,000
Agencies
Quick Response Team; Special Branch
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (31.77 kg)
Setting
Home
Charge
possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply
The cannabis is described throughout as suspected, and no laboratory confirmation was reported.
Amandala gives the street value as 100,000 Belize dollars, and Greater Belize Media as over 100,000 Belize dollars, without saying whose estimate it is.
Greater Belize Media gives the weight as 70.5 pounds; the report uses 70.05 pounds, given by the submitted article, Love FM, the arraignment report and Amandala.
Greater Belize Media says officers from Precincts 1 and 3 carried out the search, while the arraignment report says a joint Quick Response Team and Special Branch team did; the different unit accounts are not reconciled.
The arraignment report calls her Merlene Rebecca Daniels while other accounts call her Rebecca Marlene Daniels, and the submitted article gives no street address.
The court result after the 29 September 2025 return date was not reported in the sources found.
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