DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

José M Cabrera Ulloa and Denise Foster / Mirando Los Cuarteles

A high-ranking regional delegation of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is visiting since Wednesday, 27 April 2022 for the strengthening of international cooperation to combat drug trafficking, money laundering and transnational crime.

The delegation coincides with a peak in seizures of cocaine. In the first quarter of the year, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) has reported seizing 12.8 tons of cocaine.

In the 24 hours before the visit, the DNCD had seized 1.7 tons.The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States for the Caribbean region, Denise Foster, met on Wednesday, 27 April 2022 with the director of the DNCD, Jose Cabrera Ulloa, behind closed doors at the headquarters of the institution. Also present during the meeting...