Members of the Central Criminal Intelligence Office (DINTEL), Criminal Investigations Department (DICRIM) and the Public Prosecution Service raided a warehouse in Santo Domingo yesterday, Tuesday 13 October 2015 and confiscated 8,750,000 cigarettes inside two containers valued at RD$87 million.
The containers were registered as belonging to Arnold Rodney Garry.
The preliminary report said that one of the containers has 238 cartons of Jaisalmer brand cigarettes, 55 cartons of Director cigarettes, 18 of Dumont and 36 of Laredo. In addition there were eight cartons of Mundial, 191 of Corcel and 16 of Poker Full.
The second container had 160 cartons of Scenic and 153 of Jaisalmer.
All the cartons were handed over to the Customs’ Agency for destruction and Garry was arrested.
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