Editor’s Note: See also The Role of Duty Free Zones in Facilitating the Trade in Illicit Tobacco and Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and Belize’s Illegal Cigarette Trade.
From: Belize Reporter
POLICE INTERCEPT MULES CARRYING LARGE SUMS IN US$
The police has intercepted 2 cab drivers from the Benque Viejo del Carmen area that were in possession of $65K US dollars. The search occurred in the ladyville police jurisdiction and invertigators are in the process of trying to find out what the men are doing with such a large sum of US dollars and where they obtained it.
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Local rumors and this News Organization has been informed that the men may have been heading to the FREE ZONE to buy contraband cigarettes.
