In a story carried by the El Expreso newspaper, officials of the state drug agency, the DNCD, have arrested a Dutch tourist who attempted to leave the country with 10 kilos of cocaine in his carry-on baggage. Mark Jacobus Maria Vreven sought to board a plane at the Las Americas International Airport with eight packages of cocaine distributed between two carry-on bags. According to the information from the DNCD, Vreven attempted to board flight 6520, bound for Madrid, where he was to take a connecting flight to Holland.