2005News

Drug smuggling suspect arrested

Last night, the National Drug Control Department (DNCD) arrested Juan Danilo de Jesus Jimenez, the main suspect in the case of 128 kilos of pure cocaine seized within a container loaded with 10,000 sports pants that was going to be shipped to New York from Puerto Plata (see DR1 Daily News 3 November 2005). According to intelligence organizations, he was being used to ship the drugs and was part of a network, as reported in Listin Diario. They are continuing their investigations. The sports pants had been purchased from a free zone factory in Santiago.