1998News

Three Dutch travelers arrested for drug trafficking

The Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD) arrested two Dutch women and a Dutch man at the Las Americas International Airport yesterday. The five packages containing 4 kilos 116.9 grams of cocaine were uncovered on the travelers bodies or luggage. The DNCD had reports that the drug would be smuggled from Colombia to Holland, via the DR. The travelers were scheduled to take Martinair flight 603 to Amsterdam.