A lieutenant captain of the Dominican Navy was arrested with two kilograms of cocaineaccording to an official source.
This is Major Dailin Danilo Matos Méndez, who was detained during a checkpoint in the Maquiteria neighborhood of the Villa Duarte sector, in Santo Domingo Este.
The officer was arrested while allegedly transporting two kilograms of cocaine and a package with a large sum of cash.
The arrest occurred around 9:00 p.m. on Monday, December 23, when Matos Méndez was traveling in a white jeepeta. Later, he was transferred to the Villa Duarte police station.
The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) is carrying out the research corresponding to determine the origin of the drug and money, as well as possible links of the arrested with networks of drug trafficking or money laundering.
The authorities They reported that they will offer more details about the case once the research preliminaries.
