During an operation carried out in Santiago’s Padre de las Casas neighborhood, the authorities seized 14 kilograms of cocaine, RD$700,000, several portions of marijuana and blank credit cards. Two people, Joaquin Adames and Carolina Jerez were arrested. Local District Attorney Raul Martinez and DNI Colonel Crisostomo Lopez told reporters that the drugs had been found during a routine search for illegal firearms. A pistol was also seized. Lawyers for the accused said that the couple had been beaten during the arrest. The assistant district attorney, Jenny Berenice Reynoso, explained that the authorities would continue their investigations to see if there were more people involved in the drug operation. As reported in El Caribe, the local DNI spokesperson said that “there seems to have been a lot of movement with fake credit cards that were used to cheat people.” The narcotics were handed over to the DNCD authorities and it is expected that those arrested will be sent to the Justice Department within the next few hours. District attorney Martinez congratulated Colonel Lopez on the fine intelligence work that led to the discovery of the 14 kilos of cocaine, the largest amount ever seized in Santiago.