By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A 35 year old woman from Carmelita Village has been charged with possession of controlled drugs after police reportedly found 19.7 grams of suspected cannabis during a house search on Wednesday morning.
According to police information, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Carmelita Village at around 9:30 a.m.
Police say that while searching the kitchen area, the woman allegedly told officers that she had a small amount of cannabis in the house.
She then reportedly handed over a small blue transparent plastic bag containing green leafy substance suspected to be cannabis.
The substance was weighed and reportedly amounted to 19.7 grams.
Police informed the woman that possessing more than 10 grams of cannabis constituted an offence and placed her under arrest.
Officers continued searching the residence but reportedly found nothing else incriminating.
The woman was escorted to the Orange Walk Police Station, where the suspected cannabis was weighed again, sealed and labelled in her presence.
Police identified her as Cristine Cristylane Wade, 35, self employed of Carmelita Village.
She was later formally arrested and charged with possession of controlled drugs.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A 35 year old woman from Carmelita Village has been charged with possession of controlled drugs after police reportedly found 19.7 grams of suspected cannabis during a house search on Wednesday morning. According to police information, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Carmelita Village at around
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