The minister of IndustryCommerce and MSMEs (MICM), Victor -Ito – Rookie headed this Friday, along with Minister of the Forces ArmedLieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, the act of incineration of 7,080,824 units of goods illegal activities, in which he also revealed that they closed this year with seven sentences definitiveone of them 30 years old alcohol trafficking.
The incineration It was carried out at the P&D Recycling, in Haina, San Cristóbal, where the substances to be incinerated were presented to the media: 254,943 units of different medications; 18,880 units of sexual stimulants, 27,663 bottles of alcoholic beverages, of which 3,976 liters were cleren; as well as 6,773,362 units of tobacco.
According to the authorities, these products were confiscated in different operational carried out throughout the country by the Specialized Body for Fuel Control and Trade of Goods (Ceccom), between July 25 and December 2 of this year.
Rookie He highlighted that this year they closed “with seven sentences definitive: five for cigarettes, one for alcohol and one for medication.” Among the highest sentences achieved, he cited one for alcohol trafficking30 years old, and on medication, for two and a half years, the latter last week.
The official explained to the media that the sentencing processes began in 2022.
In that sense, he highlighted that “the cycle begins to work, the intelligencethe persecutionthe seizure, the processes, the submission and the final sentence”.
He stated that these actions “reflect a reliable and growing country where institutions work.”
“With this incineration, We closed the year with 35 million units that are going to be destroyed of illicit medicines, cigarettes and alcohol,” said the minister Rookie.
The particular laboratory
Rookie also reported the destruction of a laboratory in Pedro Brand, with the particularity that, in addition to producing illegal medications of different types, it ended in a production of narcotics.
In that order, he highlighted the collaboration from different entities, including the Ministry of Forces Armedthe Attorney General’s Office, the technology support of the United States Embassy, Pro Consumidor and others institutionsas an important part of the actions taken, highlighting that cremations no longer remain administrative actions, but go as far as achieving final sentences.
For his part, the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, reaffirmed the commitment of the Forces Armed in the fight against trafficking of illegal substances in the country.
- “It is a commitment to Industry and Commerce, with the state, with society to strengthen our structure every day to directly and efficiently combat all those people who attack trafficking and illegality, the country can be calm and society can be safe, that we “We will continue doing our work with determination to continue building a better country every day,” said the menroll of Defense.
Also present were Solicitor Magistrate Johathan Baró Gutiérrez, coordinator of the Intellectual Property and Illicit Trade Unit of the Attorney General’s Office (UPI). He stressed that the most important thing is “the willpower“when referring to the decision of the State to strategically pursue these types of illicit.
“The persecutionnot only now stops at the destruction of these products illicitfalsified and adulterated, but also in the criminal consequence,” said the UPI attorney when highlighting the severe penalties for these types of crimes.
In the act of incineration of 7,080,824 units of goods illegal activities, they also accompanied Rookie and Fernández Onofre, the head of the Army of the Dominican Republic, Jorge Iván Camino Pérez and the director of Ceccom, César Miranda Mañón; thus, as representatives of the Anti-Illicit Committee of various institutions.
