Defendants in the Panthera 7 case, if found guilty in a substantive trial, could be sentenced to pay the value of the 9.8 tons of cocaine seized at the Caucedo Multimodal Port, which was provisionally set at 220 million dollars, equivalent to more than 15 billion pesos.
They could also face a penalty of up to 30 years in prisonas established by Law 50-88 on Drugs and Controlled Substances.
The estimated value of this shipment of cocaineseized in said port terminal, amounts to 250 million dollars in the international market.
Regulations
The third paragraph of article 75 of the aforementioned law states: “In the case of sponsors, the person or persons prosecuted will be punished with imprisonment of thirty (30) years, and a fine of no less than the value of the drugs seized or involved in the operation.”.
Sponsor is the person who finances illicit trafficking operations, intellectually directs these operations, supplies transportation equipment or has any means that facilitates illicit business.
When it comes to traffickersthe person prosecuted will be punished with imprisonment of five (5) to twenty (20) years, and a fine of no less than the value of the seized drugs or involved in the operation, but never less than fifty thousand pesos (RD$50,000.00).
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With respect to the distributors or sellersas well as intermediaries, the defendant will be punished with imprisonment of three (3) to ten (10) years and a fine of ten thousand (RD$10,000.00) to fifty thousand pesos (RD$50,000.00).
When it comes to traffickersthe person or accomplices will be punished in each case with the lower penalty, but in the case of simple possession, the same penalties will be imposed as on the main perpetrator.
It adds that the sums from the fines imposed for violations of this Law, the fees paid for registration certificates, as well as the proceeds from the sales of seized assets, will be used to finance the activities of public and private institutions. established.
All of this, with the objective of developing and implementing prevention, rehabilitation and education programs against the use, abuse, consumption, distribution and illicit trafficking of drugs and controlled substances in the Dominican Republic, as well as entities established to implement health programs.
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Drug funds will be administered and distributed as follows: 15% for institutions dedicated to the regeneration of drug addicts; 15% for the Secretary of State for Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, for the practice of sports; 40% for the National Drug Control Directorateto be used according to your needs; 20%, for the National Drug Council, to be used in its preventive policy.
While 10% will go to the National Board of Aid to Civil Firefighters, to be distributed among them equitably.
On the 13th of this month, the M.P. He requested 18 months of preventive detention for those arrested.
Another postponement
The Permanent Attention Court of Santo Domingo Este postponed until next Wednesday the hearing of the coercive measure of the eight involved in the Panthera 7 case, accused of mobilizing almost 10 tons of drugs. For the third time, the knowledge of the coercive measure against the accused is postponed.
