On Sunday, 26 April 2015, the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) arrested a Colombian man at Las Americas International Airport. The man, who was traveling with his family, was about to board an Avianca flight to Bogota, and was in possession of an undeclared high sum of money. He was suspected of being used as a mule when he was found in possession of US$814,300 hidden among his clothes in a false-bottomed suitcase. The suitcases were searched after being identified as suspicious when they passed through the X-ray machines.
According to the DNCD he was taken to their headquarters and his wife and children were allowed to leave, because the money was in the suitcases that he had checked in.
Initial investigations revealed that the money was being sent in payment for a drug deal from the Medellin Cartel.
The DNCD said that the Colombian and his family arrived in the country last week, on Wednesday 22 April, and were staying in a hotel in Santo Domingo’s Colonial City. According to DNCD investigators, another Colombian had given the man the money to take back to Colombia on the return trip.
The cash was handed over to the customs agency at the airport.
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