The National Department of Drug Control (DNCD) had prepared a crime dossier three years ago on army Captain Quirino Paulino Castillo linking him to drug trafficking and revealing that Paulino had, with his own money, built a police station in Los Llanos, in Elias Pina, but the report was ignored by the government authorities. The confidential report, of which Hoy newspaper obtained a copy, dates back to 19 April 2001. At the time, the newspaper says the president of the DNCD, Major General Manuel Antonio Lachapelle Suero, met with President Hipolito Mejia to officially submit the information. He was accompanied by Rear Admiral Homero Luis Lajara Sola, who at the time was director of information at the DNCD.
Paulino Castillo is implicated in the trafficking of 1,387 kilos of cocaine that was confiscated on Saturday, 18 December. See http://www.hoy.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=32483