By Breaking Belize News Staff: A Belize City man in his late 60s was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after he was unable to meet $200 bail on a charge of possession of cocaine.
McElroy Bennett, also known as “Lizzad,” of a Tigris Street address, appeared in Court #5 of the Belize City Magistrate’s Court, where he was read a single charge of possession of an undetermined amount of crack cocaine.
Bennett initially pleaded guilty to the charge.
However, when the Magistrate questioned him about whether he was admitting that the cocaine was in his possession, Bennett explained that police had found the substance on the ground.
Because that explanation amounted to a denial of possession and was inconsistent with a guilty plea, the Magistrate declined to accept the plea and entered a plea of not guilty on Bennett’s behalf.
Bail was offered in the sum of $200 plus one surety of the same amount.
Bennett was unable to meet bail by the end of the court day and was therefore remanded to the Belize Central Prison until he is able to do so.
He is scheduled to return to court on November 30, 2026.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: A Belize City man in his late 60s was remanded to the Belize Central Prison after he was unable to meet $200 bail on a charge of possession of cocaine. McElroy Bennett, also known as “Lizzad,” of a Tigris Street address, appeared in Court #5 of the Belize City Magistrate’s
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