Ten thousand cannabis plants destroyed near San Carlos; labourer arrested
Police raided a field near San Carlos Village in Orange Walk District on the morning of 27 July 2000, destroyed about 10,000 cannabis plants and arrested Evalio Campos, 28, a labourer from Indian Church Village.
🇧🇿 San Carlos Village, Orange Walk District · Belize
Police in Orange Walk District shut down what they called a major marijuana plantation near San
Carlos Village on the morning of Thursday 27 July 2000.[1]Officers said they entered the area
between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m., found a field with about 10,000 cannabis plants four to five feet
tall, destroyed the crop and arrested Evalio Campos, a 28-year-old labourer from Indian Church
Village.[1]
The account is a verbatim transcript of the station’s evening newscast and does not say whether
others were sought or how long the plantation had been there.[1]
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