The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) has seized 128.8 kilos of cocaine in a consignment of sportswear that was going to be shipped from Puerto Plata to the Bronx Terminal Market in New York. According to Diario Libre, Colonel Radhames Antigua said the shipment was being sent by a “non-traditional exporter”, Juan Danilo de Jesus, who also appeared as consignee in the US. De Jesus, who is from Moca, has not been arrested yet although a warrant has been issued. Searches have been performed in Santiago, Puerto Plata and Santo Domingo. The cocaine was 100% pure and was packed in different colored wrappers, which seems to indicate that it was destined for different people in the US.
Listin Diario says that the drug was distributed in 116 packages within 10,000 sports pants in a container to be shipped from Puerto Plata to New York. Responsibility is attributed to 42-year-old De Jesus, from Moca. The pants had been purchased at a free zone. The drug was detected inside an Antillean Line container which was consigned to a company called Joe Anne Dominicana, owned by De Jesus. The DNCD canine unit participated in the detection of the cocaine. The search was performed by Puerto Plata Appeals Court Prosecutor, Felix Alvarez Rivera; District Attorney Elvis Garcia, and Customs official Juan Almonte, as well as officials from several Armed Forces security organizations.