COROZAL POLICE SHOT FOR TRESPASSING ON GANJA FARMER'S FIELDS

A Corozal policeman is recovering from a gunshot wound he received during
a police raid on a marijuana plantation.

Police constable #515 Joseph Gilharry, was shot in the left shoulder
during an anti-drug operation conducted on the Consejo road on Friday
last. He was part of a team patrolling the area around 5A.M. when they
discovered the marijuana field.

While the police were preparing to secure the area, people who resented
their presence began to take potshots at them. Gilharry was injured. The
Corozal Police returned fire, but withdrew in order to help their fallen
colleague.

Gilharry was taken to the Corozal hospital and subsequently transferred to
the Northern Regional in Orange Walk Town. He remains in a serious but
stable condition.

The shooters escaped undetected, but the marijuana field was secured and
eventually torched.