Seven 12-milimeter rifles, one 45-caliber pistol, and one 38-caliber revolver, together with 20,000 bullets for Fal and M-16 guns destined for Haiti were seized in the community of El Limon, in Jimani province. Hoy reports that this is the largest weapons smuggling operation intercepted during the last months. During a press conference, army spokesman Colonel Rafael Emilio Luna Pichirilo said that the weapons and ammunition were being kept at the Intelligence Department of the Armed Forces. Cesar Diaz Silverio was arrested after admitting that he had been hired by a Haitian to transport the weapons to Haiti for RD$4,000. Luna Pichirilo assured that the army has not lost any ammunition after stating that a daily audit is kept by them. The Intelligence Department is investigating the origin and destination of the weapons and bullets.