The DNCD has arrested three Colombians and a Venezuelan with 39.22 kilograms of heroin. The arrest in Santo Domingo is the largest of its type so far. According to Vice-Admiral Ivan Pena Castillo, the four were arrested on Lovaton Street in Santo Domingo’s Gazcue neighborhood as they were getting ready to move the cache to Santiago. Colombians Jaime Ordonez, 38, Mario Magmuth, 41 and Maria Elsa Triana, 33, were arrested along with Venezuelan Reynaldo Enrique Zavarce Arroyo, 31. The group was arrested last Saturday as they were getting into two vehicles, supposedly heading towards Santiago. Pena Castillo told reporters from El Caribe that while the four have admitted that the drugs came from Colombia, they have still not revealed where they entered the country or where they were to be shipped. The DNCD leader said that it was clear that the drugs had been prepared for transshipment, since part of it was divided into small packets that could be ingested, and part had been prepared for placement in suitcases. Admiral Ivan Pena Castillo said that the network of drug traffickers was most certainly international in scope, since there were no Dominicans involved in the arrests, and this is something new in drug trafficking. He said that one of the four had entered the Dominican Republic two weeks ago and that that person had been under constant DNCD surveillance. Finally, Pena Castillo pointed out that international drug traffickers now prefer to use “mules” that carry the drugs, since airport security only apprehends between 10% and 15% of them.