The Listin Diario reports that the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) and the Puerto Plata Attorney Office (Fiscalia de Puerto Plata) closed down a small marijuana farm uncovered in the upscale Costambar residential community of Puerto Plata. Some 242 plants of marijuana planted in oil cans were found in the plantation located between three nurseries. The drug agents also confiscated seeds, equipment for the preparation of the drug for distribution. During the operation, Luis Henriquez Valera, a former Major League baseball player, and his wife were arrested. The drug agents are on the trail of a German citizen known as Peter Frank, according to the news report. The drug agents confiscated the house, valued at RD$4 million pesos, an all-terrain vehicle, and other articles.
