The National Drug Control Department uncovered a 67 kilo cocaine shipment ready for export in the Port of Haina. The narcotics dealers were exporting through the fruit and vegetables company of Apolinar Castillo (fugitive of justice). The cocaine was detected in 265 coconuts that were in a container together with 250 boxes of oranges that would be exported to the Port of Elizabeth, in New Jersey. The containers were consigned to Onésimo Cabreja who the authorities arrested when he attempted to leave for Puerto Rico via the Santiago Airport. Major Jacobo Mateo Moquete, spokesman for the Drug Control Department, said the shipment was detected because they had almost two years on the trail of the dealers.
