The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), with the support of the Specialized Corps of Airport Security (CESAC), has confiscated 20 packets of drugs, presumed to be cocaine or heroin at the Punta Cana International Airport in La Altagracia province.
The drugs were found in luggage in the check in area and preliminary analysis shows they weighed 21 kilos and 98 grams. Several people are being investigated by the DNCD in connection with the case.
In addition, the DNCD announced that they have arrested a man from South America who was caught trying to bring in sheets of heroin via Las Americas International airport weighing just under four kilos.
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Listin Diario
15 March 2017
