Santo Domingo.- The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and members of the Public Ministrysupported by the National Policethey seized more than 119 thousand grams of different narcoticsin joint operations carried out over the weekend, in a large part of the national territory.
During the interdiction efforts, to eradicate the sale and consumption of drugs, 692 people were arrested and 87,902 grams of cocaine, 27,336 of marijuana, 4,171 of crack and 12 ecstasy pills were seized, for a total 119, 409 grams.
The operational They were concentrated in the National District and the provinces of Santo Domingo, La Altagracia, La Romana, Hato Mayor, El Seibo, San Pedro de Macorís, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Azua, Barahona and Pedernales. They also spread to neighborhoods in the districts of Monseñor Nouel, La Vega, Duarte, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, María Trinidad Sánchez, Samaná and Sanchez Ramírez, among others.
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In the efforts to confront the microtrafficIn addition, 04 firearms, 14 knives and machetes, 01 vehicle, 35 motorcycles, 205 cell phones, 18 communication radios, 61 scales, 01 bulletproof vest, 04 slot machines, cash and other evidence used by the networks were also seized. trafficking and sale of narcotics.
It should be noted that during 2024, the DNCD and the Public Ministry, with the support of the Police, have redoubled joint actions against drug trafficking. narcotic substancesmanaging to take more than 11 million grams of cocaine, marijuana, crack, ecstasy and other narcotics off the streets.
It is recalled that at the beginning of December, the anti-narcotics agency decided to reinforce surveillance and interdiction operations at airports, ports, coasts, borders and throughout the national territory.
