Local News

The San Pedro Sun newspaper is reporting that an American national who should have been in jail in the US state of Minneapolis was captured on Thursday in San Pedro town.  Forty six year old Khaffak Sahib Ansari was taken into custody after a misunderstanding with a woman caused police to take him into custody on Thursday night. The San Pedro Sun reported that after taking Ansari into custody, investigators ran his name through their database and discovered that he should have been in prison in the USA on a fraud conviction. He reportedly pleaded guilty to the fraud last September and was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay US$2.4 million in restitution.  The San Pedro Sun reported that Ansari came into Belize on August 18 of this year and has been living alone on Ambergris Caye where he was reportedly in the process of buying a local business. The U.S. Embassy in Belize has been notified of Ansari’s arrest and arrangements are being made to have him flown to the U.S. this holiday weekend where he will be handed over to authorities in Minnesota.