Santo Domingo.-More than RD $ 70 million in real estate, jewelry, watches, land and aquatic vehicles, in addition to three businesses, including two discos, were confiscated to a powerful drug trafficking network and money laundering that had as its operations the province of Peravia.
The action was headed by the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) in coordination with the Public Ministry, in an operation carried out last Wednesday, where Alfredo Samboy Féliz (Burungo) and Suleica Herrera Geraldo were arrested. The authorities maintain persecution against Argenis Santana Herrera (Argenis Kodigo), whom they urged to surrender voluntarily.
The operation was attended by 21 prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office of Santo Domingo Este, supported by more than 150 agents of the DNCD and members of the Navy of the Dominican Republic, who executed 15 simultaneous raids in the National District, Santo Domingo Este and Baní.
This network had already been beaten in September 2024, when 20 cocaine packages were occupied in Villa Mella.
Investigations
The investigations against the Network began in 2024 following the arrest of Alexander Luna Cruz, who was occupied with 20 cocaine and marijuana packages in a monitoring operation.
Subsequently, in February of this year Junior Alberto Luna Cruz, brother of Alexander, was arrested in relation to the same case.
According to the investigations, the group received important cocaine dressings by the sea, which were sent to Europe, while a part was destined for microtrafficking in the country.
During the operation houses, apartments, a villa, a pharmacy, firearms, discos, vehicles, a recreation boat, a drone, a satellite phone, jet ski, jewelry, watches, documents, documents, money in pesos and dollars, electronic equipment, cell phones and other evidence.
Among the busy businesses are the Kodigo Vip discos, in Santo Domingo Este, and Flow Room, in the National District.
Operation Domo
– Piracy network
Last Wednesday the Public Ministry launched Operation Domo, with which he dismantled a network that was dedicated to piracy through the illegal resale of signs of renowned television and streaming channels.
Public Ministry did work
Intelligence. “The dismantling of this network dedicated to international drug trafficking and money laundering has been possible thanks to a wide monitoring and intelligence work by the Public Ministry and the DNCD,” the institution said in a statement.
The authorities specified that the investigation continues with the objective of capturing other involved, while the two detainees will be submitted to justice in the next few hours.
A team of 30 prosecutors who headed 19 raids under the coordination of the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry participated last Wednesday.
