Toledo Police report that on Sunday, August 23rd, officers on duty were conducting a traffic checkpoint near Jalacte Village in the Toledo District when they stopped a vehicle being driven by a Police Constable, who’s name was not released.
Along with him was his wife and an adult female who is believed to be pregnant who was laying down in the back seat of the vehicle.
Upon further investigation, the Police Officers on duty discovered that the female who is a Belizean was allegedly living in Guatemala for the past few months and was smuggled back into the country with the help of the unnamed Police Constable and his wife.
All three occupants of the vehicle were immediately escorted to the Punta Gorda Police Station where they were swabbed and then placed into mandatory quarantine as required by COVID-19 regulations.
