authorities of the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) and the Specialized Airport Security Corps seized more than half a kilo of cocaine that was inside the tubes of an agricultural tool (coa).
Within the framework of a inspection operation carried out at the Las Américas International Airportcoordinated by members of the Public Ministry, anti-narcotics agents and canine units, detected foreign substances in a box, which contained the device, in whose tubes 19 portions wrapped in adhesive tape were located, weighing 620 grams of cocaine. .
The DNCD informs that, according to the manifesto, of which its veracity has not been determined, the box was sent by a man residing in Santo Domingo Este and would be received by an American residing in a residential area in Chicago, Illinois, United States. .
The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the DNCD have redoubled their inspection, security, and surveillance work at airport terminals, ports, borders, and throughout the national territory.
other forfeiture
The National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) arrested a 32-year-old man at the Las Américas International Airport who was trying to board a flight while carrying 105 bags of cocaine in their digestive tracts.
According to a statement from the entity, the man of Dominican-Panamanian origin was detained in the airport departure area when he intended to travel to Italy, via the Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain.
After his arrest, he was transferred to the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces, where he was subjected to the expulsion process for two days, counting the 105 bags of cocaine, weighing 1.13 kilograms, according to the analysis of the Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF).
The defendant was handed over to Public ministry of the Santo Domingo province, to be brought to justice for violation of Law 50-88, on drugs and controlled substances.
The authorities have redoubled interdiction operations against drug trafficking at airports, ports, borders and throughout the national territory.
