The Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront) in coordination with the Ministry of Defense Intelligence Unit have confiscated 769 sacks of garlic, weighing around 17,000 pounds that was being brought in to the Dominican Republic from Haiti.
The contraband was found during an operation yesterday, Tuesday 6 May on the Clavellinas-Villa Jaragua road inside a truck and the driver Francisco Remedio Pena Matos and his passenger, Leonardo Sena Rivas were both arrested.
A press release from Cesfront director Brigadier General Santo Domingo Guerrero Clase said that the garlic was hidden and covered with sand. Both garlic and the truck were sent to the Intelligence unit head office in Santo Domingo for investigation.
CESFRONT se incauta 17 mil libras de ajo traían de contrabando desde Haití