Santo Domingo District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero revealed yesterday that the authorities have frozen bank accounts totaling over RD$116 million belonging to accused drug baron Quirino Paulino Castillo. Former army captain Quirino is in custody in a Dominican jail, after being caught in possession of 1,387 kilograms of cocaine last December. The US government has requested his extradition. Quirino was found to have RD$60 million in the Banco de Reservas, RD$54 million in the Banco Popular, and RD$1 million in the Banco Agricola. Hernandez Peguero thanked the banks in question for their cooperation in this case. This comes in addition to the many properties and businesses belonging to Quirino that have been confiscated by the authorities. Hernandez Peguero also made it known that the DNCD (National Drug Control agency) knows which Free Trade Zone the cocaine was being transported to, but declined to give exact details. It is alleged that the cocaine was being smuggled through Free Trade Zone factory shipments to the United States. The DA went on to describe the conditions in Quirino’s Najayo prison cell: three beds, a bathroom, a fan, radio and TV, a small fridge, books and clothes. He has not been allowed to use a cellular phone. The accused smuggler’s cell is next door to his fellow detainees in the case.