The Police Anti-Narcotics Division (DICAN) confiscated 39 packages weighing around 409 pounds of what is believed to be marijuana, yesterday, Monday 15 February 2016, which was being taken by a freightliner truck from Azua in the southwest to Santo Domingo.
According to the Police, the drugs were hidden behind the driver’s seat. The driver was 29-year old Waldy Miguel Bueno Almonte, who lives in Los Mina, Santo Domingo. He was travelling with 25-year old Jose Franklin Pineda Espiritusanto who lives in Boca Chica.
The truck was stopped at 4:45am during an operation at a checkpoint on Sanchez Highway.
Both the driver and passenger were taken to the police headquarters in Azua together with the truck where the drugs were discovered. The men were placed under arrest and the drugs were sent to the National Institute for Forensic Science (INACIF) for analysis and weighing.
Dican ocupa en Azua 409 libras de marihuana en camión se dirigía a Santo Domingo
