The National Directorate for Drug Control DNCD and the Public Ministry seized this Thursday, during several raids in Santiago, six rifles, two pistols and 6,796 capsules, as well as more than 4 million pesos and more than 17 thousand dollars and also arrested two people.
Those arrested were Gregory Alberto Diplán Guichardo and Juan Miguel Almonte Padilla (Colita), explained the president of the DNCDVice Admiral José Manuel Cabrera Ulloa, through his spokesman Carlos Devers.
In the operations of the case, called KAF, ten prosecutors led by the head of Santiago, Osvaldo Bonilla, and agents from the DNCD’s Sensitive Investigations Tactical Directorate (DITIS) participated.
The authorities carried out raids in Cristo Rey, in the National District; The Olympic Village, Los Frailes, in Santo Domingo, and in Licey al Medio, Santiago.
“The National Directorate for Drug Control develops, together with the Public Ministry headed by Judge Miriam Germán Brito, a new vision of the persecution of organized crime. It is about a more strategic and technical fight whose essential objective is to dismantle criminal structures, not just make occupations or isolated arrests,” said Vice Admiral Cabrera Ulloa.
“Both in these operations, as in other previous ones, the results obtained show that this new vision of combating organized crime is giving unprecedented results that, necessarily, must translate into a social environment of greater citizen security,” said the president of the DNCD.
He explained that the investigation, which was several months old, was carried out with the international cooperation of the United States Anti-Narcotics Agency (DEA). The actions led to occupy RD$4,052,585 and US$17,420.
The prosecutors of the KAF case raided the premises of the Quisqueya Shipping company, located on Marginal Las Américas street, in the Los Frailes sector.
The operations included the seizure of 6,689 9mm caliber capsules, as well as 9 magazines for rifles, caliber 5.56 x 45, brand PRO MAG.
Also two magazines for 9mm pistols, Drum type and one for pistol, 9mm caliber, with capacity for 31 capsules.
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In Santiago, 2,650 cal capsules were used. 9mm, 2,476 cal. 5.56mm., 700 cal. 25mm., 343 cal. 380mm, 213 cal. 38mm., 36 cal. 40mm., 66 cal. 12mm, 135 cal. 357mm., 27 cal. 22mm., 5 cal. 44mm. and 145 cal. 7.62mm.
