Customs officials at the Las Am?ricas International Airport (AILA) this week have caught three people authorized to use the "VIP and Ambassadorial" facilities at the airport trying to sneak in large quantities of merchandise without declaring it. The three cases all occurred within 24 hours of each other, beginning Monday evening. Each involve primarily large quantities of fine clothing. One of the people caught, not identified to the press, is said to be a "well-known" (female) clothes designer here in the DR.
