The authorities of the Attorney General Office and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) seized Boeing and Piper airplanes as part of an investigation to explore ties between the aircraft and a Colombian, Jorge Hernan Zapata Villa, who is in pre-trial custody for his alleged ties to a shipment of 800 kilograms of cocaine seized in July 2017 in Boca de Yuma. Others under arrest in the same case are Colombians Domingo Polo Polo, Samir Guerrero Ruda, Carlos Ivan Ortega Castellanos and Max Abraham Dossman, as well as Dominicans Juan Elpidio Olivares Mella, Wilkins Miguel Fernández Contreras and Francis Espino Abud.
The Boeing airplane, registration XA-UJC, was seized at Las Americas International Airport (SDQ), while the Piper aircraft, registration HI-913 was seized at the La Romana International Airport.
The investigation is being carried out by the prosecutors’ office of the La Altagracia province and the Specialized Prosecutors Department of Anti-Asset Laundering and Terrorism Financing, with the collaboration of the DNCD and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States.
The men are suspected of being involved in a network that operated out of an undisclosed location in eastern Dominican Republic to introduce large shipments of drugs from South America, utilizing yachts and private airplanes.
Read more in Spanish:
Diario Libre
2 October 2017
