Several employees of the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), who work at the Cibao International Airport were arrested this Friday during an operation carried out by agents of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and representatives of the Public Ministry.
The detainees are Harrison Antonio Paulino, Ronaldo Rodriguez Durán, Ramón Antonio Rodríguez and Army Sergeant Sequiel Segura Alcántara, worked in the monitoring, inspection and security area of the referred area terminal.
The detained are investigated for his alleged connection with 60 packages of marijuana that had been confiscated in June of this year during an intervention carried out in the Villa María sector, in Santiago.
He trespass At that time he was executed in an apartment in Green Thomas Residentiallocated on 11th Street in the aforementioned sector, where the authorities They found five suitcases full of packages of the vegetable, wrapped in black plastic covers.
- In total, the marijuana weighed approximately 61.1 pounds (equivalent to 29,982 grams).
During the operation, a Glock pistol with his charger and 17 capsules.
In addition, RD$1,418,000 in cash, US$14,757 were seized among other evidence.
Legal situation of the detainees
The detained were made available to the Public Ministry. It is expected that in the next few hours they will be presented before a Permanent Attention judge for knowledge of coercive measures.
For this case, other people they already comply preventive detention as part of the judicial process in progress.
