Santo Domingo.- Agents of the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) and members of the Public Ministry, seized almost a kilo of cocaine from a woman who intended to travel to Brussels, on a commercial flight, from the International Airport of the Americas, JFPG.
After being questioned by members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the woman confessed that she had controlled substances in her transvaginal, transrectal, and stomach pathways, for which reason the rigorous protocol for these cases was immediately carried out.
The 27-year-old defendant was detained in the departure area and after being approached by agents and military personnel stationed in the terminal, she alleged that she was pregnant.
The woman of Curaçao nationality was transferred to the Hospital of the Armed Forces, where a medical team assisted her and for several days she expelled two large portions that she had in her private parts and 35 bags in her stomach.
According to the analysis of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF), the bags had a total weight of 980 grams of cocaine.
The foreigner has already been discharged and is expected to be brought to justice in the next few hours for violation of Law 50-88 on drugs and controlled substances.
The authorities have continued to strengthen security and surveillance controls at air terminals, ports, borders and throughout the national territory.
