In the first four months of management of the new government administration, the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) has confiscated about 7,632.76 kilograms of drugs, almost double the amount seized during the first nine months this year, from January 1 to August 18, which was a total of 4,890 kilograms of drugs.
The latest of these seizures took place on Tuesday when authorities seized 156 packages of cocaine, amid a ban operation deployed five nautical miles from Barahona province.
Cocaine weighed a total of 162. 45 kilograms of cocaine, as determined in its analysis by the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif).
Air and sea units of the entity persecuted the occupants of a speedboat, near the coastal municipality of the Swamp, and seeing cornered by the authorities proceeded to launch several sacks into the water containing the 156 packages .
The individuals who would have arrived from South America to Dominican territory managed to escape the persecution, so that the whole area continues to be reinforced with more DNCD agents and military personnel who remain carrying out maritime and land operations.
Another 13 packages of cocaine were confiscated at the International Airport of the Americas, with the arrest of a German national who tried to remove the cargo from the country.
The 67-year-old foreigner was arrested before boarding a flight to Boston, USA, after an inspection of his luggage, where agents found the packages with the illicit substance.
On the 3rd, the DNCD reported the seizure of 350 packages of cocaine in an operation off the coast of Bayahíbe.
During the action, carried out jointly with the Navy of the Dominican Republic, two people of Dominican nationality were captured. which were made available to the Public Ministry.
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The biggest game.
The largest batch was reported by the institution on Sunday, November 1, where it was reported that 1,747 packages of presumed cocaine were confiscated. This drug was confiscated at the port of Haina and according to the DNCD is the largest amount of confiscation made on the site.
He was going to Europe.
At a press conference, the anti-narcotics institution said the confiscated drug was from Colombia and was passing through the country, as its final destination was Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Netherlands.