Members of the Persecution Prosecutor’s Office of Narcotic Drugs of Santiago and officials of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), with the collaboration of the General Directorate of Customs (DGA), arrested yesterday Friday four men who were part of a structure of drug trafficking international, during operational intelligence tasks carried out at the Santiago International Airport.
According to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office, the detainees are Harrison Antonio Paulino, Ronaldo Rodríguez DuránRamón Antonio Rodríguez and the Army sergeant Ezequiel Segura Alcántarawho worked in the monitoring, inspection and security area of the Cibao International Airport.
He Public Ministry He stressed that his arrest occurred with the collaboration of the General Directorate of Customs and after a intelligence work of several months.
Those arrested are linked to a drug trafficking network which, in June of this year, was dealt with 60 packages of marijuanaa firearm and cash during a raid on the Green Thomas residential complex, in the Villa María sector, El Rosal.
They seize drugs
The statement adds that, upon entering the apartment that served as a drug storage and packaging facility, the authorities located five suitcases where the vegetable packages were taken, all wrapped in black plastic covers, with a preliminary weight of 61.1 pounds.
In the case, registered in June 2025, several people are in prison, including Victor Founderleader of the structure of drug trafficking international. According to the research, the network recruited people to bring marijuana from the United States, through airports, and then distribute it in provinces in the Cibao region.
The authorities reported that the detainees will be brought to justice in the next few hours for violation of the Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances, while the Public Ministry and the DNCD They deepen the investigations.
