DNCD confirms shipment of 3 tons of marihuana was from Guatemala

[Dolores]

The president of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) Vice Admiral Jose Manuel Cabrera Ulloa said that the shipment of three tons of marihuana seized at the East Haina Port had been loaded in Guatemala. He rejected the statement by the government of Guatemala that denied the shipment had been loaded in Guatemala.

“We limit ourselves to inform that the container was loaded in Guatemala. The security seal was placed by the exporter company and is the same with which the shipment arrived to Haina Port. We also have constancy that the merchandise was purchased by a Dominican citizen who appears as the owner of the shipment,” said Cabrera Ulloa on 12 May 2025.

In Guatemala, Minister Francisco Jimenez had denied the shipment of 3,004 packets of marihuana was from his country. Yet the Dominican authorities say they have evidence the shipment was loaded in Guatemala on 16 March and...

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[JD Jones]

How nice, they've identified the Dominican owner of the shipment of 3 tons of pot, the largest seizure
in RD.

We should see their arrest any moment now.

 

[CristoRey]

How nice, they've identified the Dominican owner of the shipment of 3 tons of pot, the largest seizure
in RD.

We should see their arrest any moment now.

He's probably living comfortably somewhere in Northern California while being treated like a local folk hero.

 

[Manuel01]

F... If i order a drone that can carry a payload of 50lb. on Amazon. Do you think it will arrive on time
before they put this weed back into the Container ???

 

[Manuel01]

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You have to admit ! Dominicans like Drama !!! It must have taken them a whole week to lay it out like this so it looks more than it actually is.
Putting it on a few Pallets would be way to boring LOL.

 

[slowmo]

Seems like even the Guatemalans can grow better pot than the Dominicans.

 

[Gadfly]

When it’s legal in all 50 states will this finally end?

 

[Notengo]

These busts are becoming a big problem for the DNCD; they can’t park their cars.

 

[JD Jones]

You have to admit ! Dominicans like Drama !!! It must have taken them a whole week to lay it out like this so it looks more than it actually is.
Putting it on a few Pallets would be way to boring LOL.

If they did it like that, everyone would say the pallets were empty inside.

I'm surprised they didn't measure it by grams like they do with everything else.

"DNCD announces record haul of 3 millions grams of pot"

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

It's not official until the swat team poses for a few cameos replete with raid gear, night vision goggles and m16s next to the commandeered shipment.

 

[windeguy]

When it’s legal in all 50 states will this finally end?

Nah.

 

[slowmo]

I'm surprised they didn't measure it by grams like they do with everything else.

I am surprised they didn't call it "suspected" marijuana.

 

[JD Jones]

Yet another big bust yesterday:

Santo Domingo.- In what represents another significant blow to international drug trafficking networks, agents from the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD), members of the Dominican Republic Navy (ARD) and Air Force (FARD), coordinated by members of the Public Ministry, seized a shipment of 543 packages allegedly containing cocaine and marijuana, in a new joint interdiction operation carried out off the coast of the province of Pedernales.

Cae lancha con 543 paquetes de droga en Pedernales; tres detenidos

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[JD Jones]

And on top of that, 5,000 lbs in a tanker truck yesterday as well.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1369881080975203

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Where did this tradition in Dominican news media come from where first you write out the full name of the agency and then follow it with the acronym in parentheses. If someone would modernize the language, we wouldn’t need 9 words with 7 pronouns to describe a simple operation.