The authorities have identified the man trying to leave the country with US$449,600 from Las Americas airport as Venezuelan Maikel Antonio García y García. He is now under investigation along with two Dominican who took him to the airport. He tried to get on a flight to Caracas, Venezuela on Monday 20 November 2017, when the money was detected by the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), the Specialized Corps of Airport Security (CESAC) and customs’ agents in his suitcase.
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El Dia
23 November 2017
