Listin Diario reports that according to the Director of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Ivan Pena Castillo, the case involving former captain Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo is considered the sixth most important drug trafficking case worldwide, because of its transcendence and the involvement of people from five different countries. Pena Castillo’s statements are part of a report of his first year leading the department. Paulino Castillo was extradited to the US where he is facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to the seizure of 1,387 kilos of cocaine in Santo Domingo last December. He is also accused of heading a network transporting drugs from Colombia to the United States, using Venezuela, the DR and Puerto Rico as bridges. Pena reported that during his directorship of the DNCD, over two tons of cocaine was seized in several intelligence operations. He also reports that 159 drug mules were arrested with the help of the canine unit (K-9) at DR airports and ports. He also stated that more than one million ecstasy pills had been seized in a joint operation with the US Drug Enforcement Agency and the Dutch Anti-Narcotics Police in The Hague.