Customs agents together with the National Drug Control office (DNCD) stopped one Dominican and one Dutch national trying to bring in a total of US$564,280 into the country in two separate incidents. This case brings the total of money seized to over a million dollars in four different occasions in just under a week. The passengers came from Saint Maarten and Puerto Rico and tried to bring large sums of money into the country without any official declaration of funds. On Saturday, Julio Cesar Ramirez Hidalgo, 48, was stopped at Las Americas International Airport with US$287,000, while Dutch citizen Enacio Alberto Illis, 50, was stopped with US$277,280 in undeclared funds. Both men claimed that they were bringing the money to Caribe Express, part of Caribe Tours. However, the arrested men did not say whether the money had been sent by Dominican residents in Saint Maarten or Puerto Rico. The authorities give the exact sum of undeclared money seized within the last week as US$1,128,000. Official intelligence units are trying to find out exactly where the money came from and whether it is related to drug trafficking. A little over two weeks ago the authorities intercepted a minor in possession of over half a million dollars.